Galileo Arrives
Aug 1, 2005, David Bodamer
Galileo America LLC, a U.S.-based joint venture backed by Australian capital, has emerged with 121 shopping centers totaling 16.7 million square feet...
Q&A Bernie Haddigan: Marcus & Millichap
May 23, 2005
Bernie Haddigan is national director of Marcus & Millichap's National Retail Group, which focuses exclusively on the brokerage of retail investment properties. Haddigan is also a Retail Traffic advisory board member. He was interviewed Thursday by Matt Valley, editor-in-chief of National Real Estate Investor. Marcus & Millichap is leading a panel discussion titled ”Retail Trends 2005” on Tuesday during the annual International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) conference. ...
Sale-Leaseback: An Appealing Strategy
May 1, 2005, BY BERNARD J. HADDIGAN
The recent recession intensified corporate focus on the bottom line. In a challenging economy, belt tightening and downsizing replace growth and expansion....
HOW THE SMALL SURVIVE
May 1, 2005, By Marc Hequet
Simon Property Group and General Growth Properties both command regional mall portfolios in the neighborhood of 200 million square feet. In the strip...
TWO HOT HANDS
May 1, 2005, By Jennifer Popovec
After decades of consolidation, it has come to this: The mall industry is dominated by two gigantic companies, Simon Property Group and General Growth...
Panning For Gold
Apr 1, 2005, BY BETH MATTSON-TEIG
Competition in the single-tenant, net-lease market has gotten so desperate that executives at Orlando, Fla.-based Commercial Net Lease Realty recently...
Toys 'R' Us: A Little Bit Real Estate, A Little Bit Retail
Mar 24, 2005
Is the planned acquisition of Toys 'R' Us a real estate or retail play -- or both? Bain Capital, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Vornado Realty Trust last week created a 23rd-hour partnership to buy Toys 'R' Us for $8.8 billion, including $1.8 billion in company debt. It beat out one team comprised of Cerberus Capital Management LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Kimco Realty Corp. and another made up of Apollo Advisors LP and Permira Advisors Ltd. ...
From Renters to Retailers
Jan 1, 2005, BY RICHARD WALTER
For those with retail property to sell, the message is simple: Make sure you understand the dynamics of your investor pool especially if that pool includes...
ONE LESS REIT
Sep 1, 2004, Curt Hazlett
Call it the summer of spending When General Growth Properties announced last month that it would acquire the venerable Rouse Co. in a deal worth $12.6...
General Growth Drops $12 Billion On Rouse
Aug 25, 2004, By Curt Hazlett
Even in a season of big deals, General Growth's $12 billion acquisition of Rouse stands out. One clear reason is price. General Growth agreed to pay $67.50 a share for the Columbia, Md.-based Rouse, a 33 percent premium over the REIT's previous close, and also agreed to assume $5.4 billion in Rouse debt ...
