Cash is King
Feb 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
After staying away from new acquisitions for the better part of 2007, Santa Monica, Calif. based REIT Macerich Co. started the new year with a bang. On...
Inland American Flirts With Acquiring Cedar
Jan 30, 2008
A slowing economy, declining property values and frozen credit markets were supposed to mean that this would be a year of one-off deals. But there could be at least one REIT merger in the works. ...
Land on Shaky Ground
Jan 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
Back when new development was proceeding at a fever pitch, entrepreneurial investors snatched up land parcels in areas poised for future growth. With...
Frozen in Place
Jan 1, 2008, By Jennifer Popovec
The credit crunch has had a profound chilling effect on investment for much of the retail real estate sector. When the crisis first began, players in...
It's Contagious!
Jan 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When commercial real estate pros in the U.S. rolled out of bed on Monday, December 17, they were greeted with a shock: Centro Properties Group, an Australian...
Report from ICSC New York: Deal Making Slows, But Optimism Reigns
Dec 5, 2007
After a rough few months that saw the credit markets seize, a slowdown in investment sales volume and what's expected to be a holiday shopping season, the buzzword at ICSC's New York National Conference...
Editor's Letter: Credit Markets Crunch Commercial Real Estate
Dec 1, 2007, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
The industry has grappled with understanding the effects of the credit crunch since the summer. Up until now, the dominant view has been that the market...
Land on Shaky Ground
Nov 28, 2007
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...
Credit Crunch Concerns
Nov 1, 2007, David Bodamer
Go to an ICSC event and you'd be hard-pressed to sense there are any deep concerns about the health of the real estate industry. Booths bustle with activity....
Pyramid Effect
Nov 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The bidders continue to be few and far between, but Morgan Stanley REIT analysts Matthew Ostrower and Mick Chiang say the sale of the 16-center B-mall...
