Investments
Land on Shaky Ground
Nov 28, 2007 2:59 PM
As the U.S. real estate market downshifts, a strategy that seemed like a sure bet a year or two ago--investing in land--suddenly isn't working out so well...
Investments: Analysis
Private Equity Racks Up Checkered Record in Retail Buyouts (6/29)
Jun 29, 2009 1:21 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR), the legendary New York City-based private equity player, purchased the discount retailer Dollar General for $7.3 billion in July of 2007, the deal hardly made waves...
Retail Property Sellers Opt to Offer Financing to Get Deals Done (6/11)
Jun 11, 2009 7:41 PM, By Hortense Leon
Some property owners have gotten creative and begun to finance shopping center sales themselves...
Investments: Trends
Car Dealership Closings Could Hurt Commercial Real Estate Values With Excess Space Supply (6/2)
Jun 2, 2009 12:01 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Car dealership closings are spiking, generating a glut of excess space that might have a prolonged negative impact on the commercial real estate market...
Retail Real Estate Investors Remain Parked on the Sidelines (5/27)
May 27, 2009 1:49 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Buyers are sitting on vast mountains of cash, but are content to wait for bargains to emerge...
