Time For The Fall
Sep 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As the shopping center REIT sector along with all other REITs continues to get massacred in a stock sell-off, industry observers are keeping a stiff upper...
The Big Comedown
Sep 1, 2007, By Jennifer Popovec
The spreads between 10-year Treasuries and CMBS loans now jump more in a couple days than they did in whole years. Those 10-year, interest-only loans...
Reaping The Rewards
Sep 1, 2007, By Jennifer Popovec
Jeffrey Packard, an assistant vice president with life insurance company John Hancock, which does about $2 billion in commercial mortgage lending, has...
Regional Mall REITs Post Mixed Results
Aug 8, 2007
In the face of pedestrian retail sales and crashing stock prices, four of the eight regional mall REITs delivered solid second quarter results. The most successful firms--those with portfolios in high-barrier-to-entry markets with strong fundamentals--saw healthy FFO and NOI growth. And analysts expect the sector to remain strong throughout the rest of the year, despite investors' sudden squeamishness. ...
REITs In A Free Fall
Jul 1, 2007, By David Bodamer
Retail REIT stocks have taken a beating the last two months...
Creating a New Calculus
May 1, 2007, By Jennifer Popovec
Commercial real estate is about to become the latest sector subject to the world of derivatives, those mind-bending financial instruments that are calculated based on an underlying asset's value...
Money In The Middle
May 1, 2007, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Retail owners and developers are discovering that the once exclusive mezzanine market is now an open playing field. No longer are mezzanine loans exclusive to large borrowers that can absorb hefty transaction costs...
Dollar General Buyout not a Big REIT Event
Mar 14, 2007
You’d think that Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.’s proposed $7.3 billion acquisition of Dollar General Corp would have a potentially huge impact on strip center REITs...
Head Winds
Feb 1, 2007
Investors, servicers, sponsors and other professionals involved in securitizing real estate debt are pinching themselves over the success their industry has enjoyed the past couple of years....
Lost Cause
Feb 1, 2007, By Jennifer Popovec
For now, the bulk of Prudential Financial Inc.'s commercial mortgage holdings remain on its books, but the day is fast approaching when that won't be the case....
