Investments: Trends
Lack of Supply Leads to Increased Sales Activity on Prime Retail Assets
May 4, 2010
The investment sales market for top retail properties has turned a corner....
Retail Investment Sales Market Continues to Progress
May 4, 2010
The investment sales climate continues to improve for retail real estate. ...
Net Lease Deals Become a Bright Spot in a Slow Sales Market
Mar 23, 2010
While total investment sales activity in the retail real estate sector remains slow, single-tenant net lease deals are picking up steam, according to industry insiders. ...
Brokers Predict Slight Uptick in Sales of Retail Property
Jan 5, 2010
The last three months of 2009, brought an uptick in new sales and hope that 2010 might prove to be a marginal improvement. ...
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...
