A Helping Hand
Feb 1, 2009
In unorthodox moves, two major retail real estate developers are helping keep Reading, Pa.-based regional department store chain Boscov's afloat. Cafaro...
Room to Grow
Feb 1, 2009
In an industry that has been flooded with an avalanche of bad news in the past 12 months, including sales declines, store closings and stalled or scrapped...
Trimming the Branches
Feb 1, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
In the upscale suburban Dallas community of Highland Village, four shopping centers recently opened at the intersection of Long Prairie and Justin Roads....
Short Circuit
Feb 1, 2009
The big news for Richmond-based Circuit City was the company's decision to liquidate its remaining 687 stores following a dismal holiday shopping season....
March on WASHINGTON
Feb 1, 2009, By Riccardo A. Davis
When the founding fathers were trying to decide on a site for the federal capital, they eventually opted for one that took advantage of the Potomac River...
Rush to the Rescue
Feb 1, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
One example of what might become an all too common phenomenon this year occurred on Jan. 6 when a court ordered the 509,000-square-foot Shenango Valley...
GETTING BACK ON ITS FEET
Feb 1, 2009, Elaine Misonzhnik
With a series of small announcements, embattled regional mall REIT General Growth Properties Inc. little by little got its house in order as a Feb. 12...
Rush to the Rescue (1/22)
Jan 22, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Real estate brokerage firms gear up for a wave of distressed assets...
Reversals of Fortune (1/15)
Jan 15, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Materials prices are coming down, but contractors face a shortage of work...
Trimming the Branches (1/8)
Jan 8, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
Consolidation among commercial banks will lead to shuttering of branches as organizations look to prune portfolios....
Bargain Hunting in Manhattan
Dec 1, 2008, By Marc Hequet
Despite dire forecasts that New Yorkers will reign in their spending for everything but the basics, Spanish retailer Zara is forging ahead with opening a store on Manhattan's Upper West Side....
You've Got the Retail Network
Dec 1, 2008, David Bodamer
Feeling they weren't getting enough face-to-face time with clients and contacts, a handful of young retail real estate pros in New York have launched...
Best of Traffic Court
Dec 1, 2008
Did Paulson Break the CMBX Indices? David Bodamer November 13th, 2008 Check out the spreads. The spreads, for example, on CMBX-NA-BB4 went from 1,200...
Best of Traffic Court
Nov 1, 2008
Retail REITs Down Again David Bodamer October 15th, 2008 Update 2:45 PM Update 2 4:41 PM I posted about REITs sliding yesterday. It's happening again...
What's In It for Me?
Nov 1, 2008
With everything else that's happened since mid-September, Henry Paulson's bailout proposal, which grew from a three-page memo to a 450-page monstrosity,...
Transforming the Banking Sector
Nov 1, 2008
It's not unusual to see two or three bank failures a year, either from fraud or abuse of power or something less criminal, like mismanagement of funds....
The End of Investment Banks?
Nov 1, 2008
It's the end of an era. The big Wall Street investment banks that survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and the Asian financial crisis were taken...
Best of Traffic Court
Oct 1, 2008
How Lehman Hurts Commercial Real Estate David Bodamer September 16th, 2008 I'm still trying to get my head around the implications that Lehman's collapse...
Mulling Alternatives
Oct 1, 2008
General Growth Properties, the owner of the second-largest portfolio of regional malls in the U.S., said in late September that it is pursuing strategic...
Editor's Letter: When the Wall (Street) Comes Down
Oct 1, 2008, By David Bodamer, Editor-in-Chief
It's gut-check time. It's time to admit that this financial crisis has now exceeded anything we've seen since the Great Depression. This is worse than...
COMMARTS, INC.
Sep 1, 2008
The CommArts difference is the result of a broader design focus, using multidisciplinary skills and integrating these services to craft based on human...
OMNIPLAN
Sep 1, 2008
Omniplan is dedicated to creating architecture that is true to its purpose and place, evocative in its emotional connection with the individuals it serves...
Market-Forced Delays
Sep 1, 2008, Jennifer Popovec
Riverside County's soft economic conditions have forced at least one developer to rethink plans to bring more retail space to the market. Caliber Retail...
Parasuco Flagship
Sep 1, 2008
Saruli Palumbo and Ruscio Studio Inc. completely transformed the Parasuco Flagship store in Montreal. The owners took control of the second floor of their...
Effects of a Sluggish Economy
Sep 1, 2008
Q: How is the slowdown in the retail sector, such as the increased number of store closings and reduction in some firms' expansion plans, affecting the...
