FINANCE BRIEFS
May 1, 2006
Bain Capital Partners LLC completed its $2.1 billion buyout of Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp. after stockholders in the retailer approved the...
Easy Money
Oct 1, 2005, David Bodamer
As questions mount over whether commercial real estate is experiencing a boom or a bubble, some comfort has been taken in the fact that unlike in the...
Increasing the Odds in Retail Loan Roulette
May 1, 2005, BY CHARLES KRAWITZ
Small retail properties support the needs of modern life, from eating to dry cleaning to movie rentals. Shoppers can cash a check, pick up a prescription,...
LENDING INCREDIBILITY
Jan 1, 2005, By Pam Black
At the height of the tech boom, investors were tossing money at anything with .com attached to the name. Earnings? Profits? Revenues? Who cared? Everyone...
Mezzanine Opens the Door
May 1, 2004, Norman Nichols
Rapidly expanding retailers need new sites as many, as fast and as well-located as they can get them. With the financial agility that mezzanine finance...
Pru Backs DeBartolo
Apr 1, 2004
Mall legend Edward J. DeBartolo's son is taking the family business in an open-air direction. Prudential Real Estate Investors signed a $250 million deal...
What's New In Net
Jan 1, 2004, Jeff Rothbart
As the new year begins, the net lease market remains strong on the demand side. The supply side, however, is another story. The Boulder Group believes...
Common Cause
Jan 1, 2004, Sterling McGregor
Last May, Passco facilitated the sale of City of Industry, Calif.'s Puente Hills Mall via a tenant in common transaction. Thirty one investors, mainly...
Playing the Money Game in the Safety Zone
Jan 1, 2004, By Patricia Kirk
Will Rogers once advised: Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff. Stock market casualties are finally heeding this good advice, switching their...
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
Jul 1, 2003, By Steve Bergsman
It's a veritable love-in between lenders and owners of retail real estate these days. While banks and institutions are tightening lending criteria to...
