Editor's Letter: Credit Markets Crunch Commercial Real Estate
Dec 1, 2007, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
The industry has grappled with understanding the effects of the credit crunch since the summer. Up until now, the dominant view has been that the market...
Money Talks
Dec 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party...
Commercial Real Estate Lenders Take Hit But Keep Rolling
Nov 14, 2007
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end--and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party--but things have begun to loosen up ...
Shopping Center REITs See Gains in Third Quarter
Nov 7, 2007
Amid the slowing economy, flagging housing market and unfolding credit crunch, neighborhood and community center REITs posted lackluster results during the third quarter...
Private Equity Repositions
Nov 1, 2007
Real estate private equity funds which have become a dominant force within the commercial real estate world may have pulled back a bit because of the...
Collateral Damage
Nov 1, 2007, By Beth Mattson-Teig
This year was supposed to be the coming-out party for the commercial real estate collateralized debt obligation (CRE CDO) market. After topping $35 billion...
At the Crossroads
Nov 1, 2007, By David Bodamer
What's the outlook for regional mall REITs? It depends whom you ask. Investors have shied away from the sector in recent months and REIT analysts have...
Retail Real Estate Braces for Pricing Drop
Sep 19, 2007
The retail real estate industry feared this moment for the past three years, but everyone knew it would come. The first hints arrived early this summer, when class B and C retail assets started trading at cap rates higher than 7 percent, above last year's sector-wide average of 6.9 percent. The reported increases ranged from 30 to 100 basis points, depending on the region. ...
Bye-Bye Buy-Outs
Sep 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Suddenly those barbarians don't look quite so more than two years private equity firms were titans of capital, raising mountains of cash and seemingly...
Buyback Plans Return
Sep 1, 2007
It has been years since any retail REITs exercised options to buy back stock. There really was no need. Retail REIT stock prices appreciated at incredible...
