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....
Private Equity Repositions
Nov 1, 2007
Real estate private equity funds which have become a dominant force within the commercial real estate world may have pulled back a bit because of the...
At the Crossroads
Nov 1, 2007, By David Bodamer
What's the outlook for regional mall REITs? It depends whom you ask. Investors have shied away from the sector in recent months and REIT analysts have...
Rising Caps
Oct 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
The retail real estate industry feared this moment for the past three years, but everyone knew it would come. The first hints arrived early this summer,...
Marching On
Oct 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
In the first half of the year, it seemed retail REITs announced joint ventures on an almost daily basis. But will the recent troubles in the debt market...
Retail Real Estate Braces for Pricing Drop
Sep 19, 2007
The retail real estate industry feared this moment for the past three years, but everyone knew it would come. The first hints arrived early this summer, when class B and C retail assets started trading at cap rates higher than 7 percent, above last year's sector-wide average of 6.9 percent. The reported increases ranged from 30 to 100 basis points, depending on the region. ...
Bye-Bye Buy-Outs
Sep 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Suddenly those barbarians don't look quite so more than two years private equity firms were titans of capital, raising mountains of cash and seemingly...
Rally 2012
Sep 1, 2007, Riccardo A. Davis
Over the next five years the global real estate market is on pace to grow by nearly one half to $13.7 trillion according to a report in August by RREEF,...
Combined Funding
Aug 1, 2007, Elaine Misonzhnik
Privately-held shopping center developer Combined Properties, Inc. is teaming up with asset manager Heitman to purchase up to $200 million worth of shopping...
Staking Claim Down South
Aug 1, 2007, By Anne Field
A decade ago, when many U.S. retail owners and developers were first looking beyond U.S. borders for expansion opportunities, Latin America was a hot...
