U.S. Market Turmoil Drives Interest in Global REITs
Sep 17, 2008
Global REITs could provide a safe haven during turbulent economic times in the U.S., according to Boston-based Torto Wheaton Research. ...
Are Simon and Westfield Competing or Teaming Up in Britain?
Sep 3, 2008
In recent weeks both Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group and Sydney-based Westfield Group divulged they had taken out significant stakes in Liberty International plc, one of the biggest shopping center owners in the United Kingdom. ...
Biding their time
Sep 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
It's becoming apparent that for retail real estate investors, 2008 has been the year to wait and see. But the issue isn't that investors don't have money...
Brokers Search the Depths
Aug 20, 2008
In the second quarter of 2008, significant retail sales transactions amounted to only $5 billion, according to New York City-based Real Capital Analytics. That represented a 63 percent drop from the second quarter of 2007....
Shut Down
Aug 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When rumors surfaced in July that the mid-price department store chain Mervyns was on the brink of entering bankruptcy proceedings, the news hit landlords...
Expert Q&A: A Changing Landscape
Aug 1, 2008, CHRIS SCIORTINO Director of Baird Investment Banking
Before the credit crunch, private equity firms were active investors in buying out retailers and real estate companies. That all came to an abrupt halt...
Centro Clears Minor Hurdle With First Asset Sale
Jul 16, 2008
As it continues to wrestle with a mountain of debt, Centro Properties Group, a poster-child of the credit crunch, on Tuesday announced the sale of the first piece of its 106.5-million-square-foot U.S. portfolio...
A Personal Shopper
Jul 1, 2008, By John Egan
At the intersection of Cornwell Drive and Maple Avenue in the southern New Jersey town of Bridgeton...
GREAT DIVIDE
Jun 1, 2008
For months, a yawning gap between buyers' and sellers' expectations combined with a drop in available financing for highly leveraged buyers has led to...
True Values
Jun 1, 2008
Hessam Nadji, managing director of research services for Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, points out that looking at retail REIT valuations...
