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2 Men Arrested In Pleasanton Cab Driver Assault Full story from CBS Channel 5.
Pleasanton police have arrested two men suspected [...]
NYT – Inland Real Estate Dives Into Troubled Commercial Market
G. Joseph Cosenza, president of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions of Oak Brook, Illinois, is on the right track. At a time when the majority of property investors either have their heads in the sand waiting for the storm to blow out or are [...]
What’s causing the slow motion commercial real estate crash?
Definition of collapse:col-lapse[kuh-laps] verb, -lapsed, -laps-ing, noun–verb (used without object)
Number 1 definition: to fall or cave in; crumble suddenlye.g. “The roof collapsed and buried the crowd. “
Commercial real estate is not collapsing sounds like a crazy claim to make at this point in time, but I’m not [...]
What happens when a bunch of chum (commercial real estate investors) drops into shark infested waters (the marketplace) before you jump in? If you wait just a bit, when you hit the water, the sharks will be waiting for you. The commercial real estate market is nearing the bottom and those who jump [...]
No transactions means no basis of comparison for cap rates: retailtrafficmag.com
The ProblemThe point of the article is this: without numerous transactions taking place in an open market, determining the prevailing cap rate for a given property type in a given market is nearly impossible. Traditional wisdom says that buyers pay what other buyers are [...]
Found on Reuters Blogs. I was beginning to wonder when opportunistic funds would show up at the party. American REITs are starting to show some initiative in the new commercial real estate market by setting up funds to buy up distressed properties and loans and to take advantage of drastic reductions in US [...]
Over the last few years, different pundits of every stripe have advocated watching different commodities for signs of economic turbulence or improvement – depending on his/her point of view. I came across this article today in the Globe and Mail, and was amused, and somewhat surprised at the indicators discussed.
Take a look, it’s a [...]
Found via Sibdu.
Last week I wrote about the state of commercial real estate in the US and posted a video featuring Richard Lefrak. This week, another take on the situation in the US with a much more positive spin.
William Rudin, of Rudin Management, has a very upbeat and positive position as it relates to [...]
The commercial real estate industry is “in the intensive care unit,” according to real estate mogul Richard LeFrak, president of The LeFrak Organization.
This video was brought to my attention by my associate, Harry Huffman. Harry runs his own blog – take a look here.
Great talk about the state of the American commercial real estate [...]
On Monday, June 15th, an article appeared on thestar.com titled, “Un-pave car dealer’s lots to put up paradise” On the surface of it, this sounds like a glorious idea. Who isn’t sick of all the pavement? Who wouldn’t love to see more green space in our cities? Why shouldn’t these sites, [...]
