The Unfolding GGP Saga
Mar 1, 2010
The fate of Chicago-based REIT General Growth Properties remains in flux as the major players that will determine its future continue to jockey for position...
General Growth’s Reorganization Plan Seen as a Rebuke to Simon
Feb 25, 2010
If, as one real estate industry observer has noted, Simon Property Group has been trying to taunt General Growth Properties into coming up with a more attractive bankruptcy resolution plan than Simon’s acquisition offer, then General Growth has risen to the challenge. ...
Shopping Center REITs Report Signs of Improvement, but Expect More Store Closings
Feb 23, 2010
Shopping center REITs turned in a respectable performance for the fourth quarter of 2009, giving credence to the notion that the worst of the downturn may be over. ...
GGP Merger Would Make Simon A Force to Reckon With For Tenants and Lenders
Feb 17, 2010
If a deal does go through, it would also make Simon Property Group a force to reckon with for tenants, vendors and lenders....
Simon Offers $10B for General Growth
Feb 16, 2010
Simon Property Group dropped a bombshell in announcing that it has made a $10 billion offer to acquire General Growth Properties....
RioCan Buys Additional Cedar Stock
Feb 5, 2010
RioCan REIT, a Canadian owner of shopping centers, has quietly built up a 14.3 percent stake in U.S. shopping center REIT Cedar Shopping Centers Inc. ...
Recent Activity Indicates General Growth Would Like To Keep Its Independence
Feb 2, 2010
Recent moves by General Growth increase the chances that it will exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as an independent entity....
New Year Brings New Leadership at Retail Real Estate Firms Enacting Succession Plans
Jan 13, 2010
The beginning of the new decade brings with it a changing of the guard at a few of the most prominent retail real estate firms in the United States, including Developers Diversified Realty Corp., CBL & Associates Properties Inc. and the Cafaro Co....
Retail Real Estate's 2009 in Review
Dec 29, 2009
A look back at the most challenging year in retail real estate's history. ...
Thompson Sees Opportunity to Invest in Retail Real Estate
Dec 11, 2009, David Bodamer
This summer, Thompson launched TNP Strategic Retail Trust Inc. The non-traded REIT is aimed at investing in neighborhood multi-tenant grocery-anchored shopping centers and free standing single-tenant retail properties, primarily in the Western United States. It will also offer mortgage, mezzanine, bridge and other loans related to commercial real estate....
