Clouds on the Coast
Oct 1, 2008, By Riccardo A. Davis
Retail real estate executives are generally an optimistic bunch. Up until now, many have been holding on to a view that the industry had seen the worst...
Expert Q&A: Unknown Factor
Oct 1, 2008, By Hessam Nadji
Retail Traffic: What effects do you think the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the sale of Merrill Lynch and the nationalization of AIG will have on commercial...
Brokers Search the Depths
Sep 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
Has the slowdown in retail real estate sales hit bottom? Not yet, say wavering observers who predict that won't occur until the second quarter of 2009...
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....
Starbucks Loses Ground on Real Estate Front
Jul 9, 2008
The announcement that coffee giant Starbucks plans to close 600 locations--500 more than its CEO Howard Schultz had talked about earlier this year--is unwelcome news for frappuccino lovers, but it’s likely to upset real estate owners and investors even more. ...
Six Months into 2008, the CMBS Market Has Failed to Recover
Jul 2, 2008
When the credit crunch first broke in earnest last fall and froze the U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in its tracks, the most bullish prognosticators predicted a mere blip. ...
REIT Week Attendees Expect Tough Times Ahead
Jun 11, 2008
The U.S. commercial property market will avoid the massive troubles crippling the single-family housing sector but will face hard times in the coming year, according to presenters at NAREIT’s annual REIT Week conference that took place in New York City from June 4 to June 6....
Heard on the Floor
Jun 1, 2008
With the way the economy is going right now, I've noticed retailers are more aggressive about negotiating their exit strategies, says an attorney with...
The Doldrums
Jun 1, 2008
After months of little activity in the investment sales sector, the volume of retail transactions in the first quarter amounted to only $7 billion, an...
Recession? What Recession?
Jun 1, 2008
It's been a rocky nine months with the credit crunch having deep impacts on investment and development and pressures on consumers cutting into retail...
