Retail Real Estate's 2009 in Review
Dec 29, 2009
A look back at the most challenging year in retail real estate's history. ...
Savvy Retailers Snatch Leases Out of Other Chains’ Bankruptcies
Sep 23, 2009
As the number of bankruptcies continues to mount, retailers with stable financial footings are making silk purses from other retailer's sows' ears...
Investment Sales Market for Retail Shows No Sign of Improvement
Sep 15, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Those in the retail real estate industry who hoped the second half of 2009 would bring the long-awaited rush of investment sales transactions are likely to be disappointed...
Lack of Transactions Makes True Cap Rates Hard To Pin Down (7/21)
Jul 21, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
One of the big challenges facing the retail real estate sector is that with so few investment sales getting done there is little confidence that the prices paid on the few deals currently getting closed reflect true property values or cap rates...
Wary Of Realizing Losses, Lenders "Pretend and Extend" (7/14)
Jul 14, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Two new phrases have entered the commercial real estate industry lexicon in recent months: "Pretend and extend" and "A rolling loan gathers no loss"...
Car Dealership Closings Could Hurt Commercial Real Estate Values With Excess Space Supply (6/2)
Jun 2, 2009, 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, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Buyers are sitting on vast mountains of cash, but are content to wait for bargains to emerge...
Virtual Auction Block
May 1, 2009
Here's an interesting way to try and buy a mall - bid for the property during an online auction...
Retail Brokerage Firms Look Beyond Sales and Leasing to Survive the Downturn (4/23)
Apr 23, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Most industry insiders agree that revenues from investment sales and new leasing transactions—commercial brokers' bread and butter—will likely continue to fall through 2009...
Some Firms Grow Their Retail Holdings As Others Try To Divest Of Less Attractive Assets (4/14)
Apr 14, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
At 2.1 billion square feet, there was noticeable movement in individual firms' portfolios...
