Piece of Good News
Mar 1, 2009, By Matt Valley & Sibley Fleming
Starved for good news, the lending community earned a major victory in February in the effort to revive the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market and restore investor confidence...
Preemptive Surgery
Mar 1, 2009, By Denise Kalette
As major retailers file for bankruptcy and vacate stores, a domino effect is taking hold across the country...
On Barren Ground (2/12)
Feb 12, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Five months after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the market for senior debt remains frozen...
Picking Up the Pieces (2/5)
Feb 5, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
The threat of large bankruptcies looms over the REIT universe. However, there’s reason to believe REITs might bounce back better than traditional corporations...
Simon’s Dividend Choice Could Mark New Trend (2/3)
Feb 3, 2009
Simon Property Group’s surprising decision to pay out its fourth quarter dividend in the form of 90 percent stock instead of cash could trigger a new trend for retail REITs...
Awaiting a Lifeline
Feb 1, 2009, Michael P. Kercheval President and CEO of ICSC
A dozen commercial real estate industry associations, including ICSC, have sent two letters to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, requesting a guarantee...
GGP Makes Moves to Strengthen Its Appeal to Lenders (1/13)
Jan 13, 2009
Embattled regional mall REIT General Growth Properties Inc. is little by little getting its house in order...
Before the Fall
Dec 1, 2008
As 2008 draws to a close, it seems likely it will take with it one of the REIT industry's oldest stalwarts, General Growth Properties. More than a month...
The Lost Year
Dec 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Those in the retail real estate industry who hoped a market recovery would come swiftly and painlessly in the early stages of 2009 are going to disappointed....
General Growth's Growing Pains
Nov 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As the credit crisis drags on, debt-ladened General Growth Properties, the nation's second largest regional mall REIT, may have no other choice than to...
