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National Real Estate Investor August 7, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Manhattan Office Tower Sells For Nearly $300M Vornado Realty Trust has sold 2 Park Avenue, a 965,000 sq. ft. office building in midtown Manhattan, for $292 million. The buyer was German real estate investment firm SEB Immobilien-Investment GMBH. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Mike Fickes |
Pension Funds Plan to Plow $14B into Real Estate in 2003 Occupancy may be down and sale prices high in many property types, but pension funds have big plans for buying commercial real estate in 2003. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2004 William J. Bannon III |
Attracting Global Investors Priced out of big cities, international funds seek new opportunities in secondary markets. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
A Sellers' Conundrum Selling quality commercial real estate into the current market is pretty simple, as REITs have proven over the past few years. But profit-taking sellers soon become buyers, and this part of the equation is far more arduous. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Hortense Leon |
Foreign Investment in U.S. Real Estate Continues to Rise In 2004, foreign investors plowed $13 billion into U.S. real estate, an increase of more than 60%. The flood of capital shows no signs of retreating anytime soon. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Advantage Institutions The modest rise in rates has eroded the profit margins of leveraged private buyers and strengthened the hand of institutions that pay mostly with cash. This year, pension funds plan to invest $59 billion in real estate in 2006, up from $51 billion in 2005, according to a new survey. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Bennett Voyles |
Global Investors Play Offense in Germany Like value-style equity investors who buy stocks in reliable but out-of-favor companies, institutional commercial real estate investors have been finding relative bargains in Germany. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley |
Rational Exuberance? Late last year, as conditions in the office sector declined and price tags for buildings continued to rise, industry pundits warned of a possible investment bubble. Still, it looks like the bubble remains more of a threat than a present danger. |
National Real Estate Investor November 5, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Report: Manhattan office sales volume up 14% Manhattan's office sales market is booming despite a sluggish leasing climate that has kept vacancy high. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
What Does It All Add Up To? After three years of recession-induced angst, the commercial real estate industry is finally on the mend. Still, there is some 260 million sq. ft. of vacant office space nationwide, an overhang that could take years to burn off. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Joe Gose |
Dispositions Dwindle REITs are less likely to be the net sellers they've been during the last few years when high demand for commercial real estate allowed office landlords to dump non-core assets or buildings in unfavorable markets. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Nicholas Yulico |
Reversing Course, Institutional Investors Assume More Risk Institutions and pension funds are increasingly eyeing non-traditional real estate investments, such as senior housing communities and even distressed office buildings. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Matt Valley |
Forecast 2003 As 2002 limps across the finish line, the men and women who run the commercial real estate industry are looking to the Middle East for hints of what 2003 will bring. Industry execs agree that until the Iraq conflict is resolved the economic recovery won't gain any substantial momentum. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Timothy Welch |
Why Office Property Values Are Sustainable As commercial real estate evolves further into an accepted asset class, and as capital continues to flow into real estate, property values are likely to shrug off interest-rate hikes in the near term. |
National Real Estate Investor May 20, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Inland Picks Up Six N.J. Properties Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. has entered the New Jersey market, gobbling up six retail/mixed-use properties in the northern part of the state. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
It's A Jungle Out There The stakes keep rising for buyers hunting office properties in a crowded commercial real estate market. An excess of capital and persistently low long-term interest rates have given sellers the upper hand. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2005 Stan Luxenberg |
Why Public REITs Are Going Private At a time when prices for quality properties routinely smash records, REITs have limited ability to match the bids of aggressive private buyers, which can use leverage of up to 100%. |
National Real Estate Investor September 22, 2003 |
Major Northeast Mall Focus of Heated Bidding The 1.2 million sq. ft. Maine Mall -- one of the hottest retail properties on the market nationwide -- is being pursued by a host of retail REITs. According to Real Estate Alert, Simon Property, General Growth Properties and the Mills Corp. are all vying for the property. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2005 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Office Market Madness Big money and aggressive investors chase real estate deals in unexpected places. |
National Real Estate Investor September 9, 2003 |
Eastern New York Office Complex Trades For $200 Million EAB Plaza, a major Long Island office property, has sold for roughly $200 million. Galaxy LI Associates, a joint venture between New York-based real estate developer Moinian Group and C&K Properties, were the buyers. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Gose & Valley |
The Shopping Spree for Retail Real Estate While other investment bankers involved in M&A activity have been sidelined for the past three years as deals evaporated, the men and women who handle mergers and buyouts of retail real estate companies and properties have been busy little beavers. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Jennifer Popovec |
Leaving Their Comfort Zone Enticed by commercial real estate's healthy returns over the past several years, institutional investors continue to plow increasing sums of capital into an assortment of property markets, but with a new international twist. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Gove & Valley |
REITs May Be Hitting A Wall Although it's too early to call a solid bottom to the stock market, real estate experts and analysts generally agree that in the near term REIT shares are going to be fighting headwinds due to deteriorating real estate fundamentals and waning investor enthusiasm. |
National Real Estate Investor October 16, 2002 Parke Chapman |
MetLife markets $2 billion office portfolio Insurer Metropolitan Life is selling nearly $2 billion worth of its nationwide real estate holdings, including Midtown Manhattan's 551 Fifth Avenue and two major Chicago office buildings. Of the 15 properties offered, all except one are office buildings. |
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Jack Ewing |
Will Germany Give REITs A Chance? They could boost a moribund property market -- if lawmakers give the go-ahead. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
An Aging Recovery After three years of surging demand, the industrial real estate sector is expected to encounter some turbulence in 2007. The trouble can be traced to a cooling economy. |
The Motley Fool April 26, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
What Are REITs? The popularity of real estate investment trusts has increased in recent years, as people have discovered this way to invest in real estate without actually buying any. |
National Real Estate Investor October 20, 2003 |
Pension Fund To Invest In NYC Properties New York City's biggest pension fund will invest up to $100 million in commercial properties located throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. |
Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2003 Michael Fickes |
Going Rates for Real Estate Cap rates have held despite weakening fundamentals, but how will rates be impacted in the second half of 2003 and what will that mean for shareholders? |
CFO May 1, 2005 Don Durfee |
Putting Property First As money continues to pour into corporate real estate, more dealmakers are finding ways to cash in. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2002 Anthony Carrick |
Q&A with Christopher Niehaus Christopher J. Niehaus, managing director and head of Morgan Stanley's North American Real Estate Investment Group, shares his thoughts on the capital markets for publicly traded real estate and the industry as a whole. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Drowning in Data Legions of analysts and data gatherers now provide a steady flow of information about occupancies, asking rents, sales per square foot, and so on for all markets and classes of commercial real estate. If this is transparency, it is of a highly murky vintage. |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2006 Nathan Parmelee |
REITs Gaining Ground in S&P 500 Boston Properties and Kimco will be added to the S&P 500 over the next few days. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Joe Gose |
Private Equity's Buying Binge Real estate private equity funds are on a frantic hunt for inefficiency. Bursting with cash and acutely aware that a storied 13-year real estate run is long in the tooth, the funds are snatching up what they consider to be undervalued properties and real estate companies. |
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Jack Ewing |
A Property Market On Ice How Deutsche Bank has chilled German real estate funds. |
National Real Estate Investor March 25, 2003 Parke Chapman |
CCIM reports record retail investment sales at close of 2002 A record one quarter of all commercial property sales in the fourth quarter of 2002 were for retail properties, reports CCIM/Landauer Investment Trends Quarterly. This represents the highest retail sales volume since the third quarter of 1998, and a 7% increase over the 3Q 2002. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 |
Deals & Projects McCarthy Cook & Co. and JP Morgan Asset Management has acquired the Viad Corporate Center... Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors have entered into a joint venture to develop as much as $1 billion... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
Why Office Owners Can't Resist the Quick Flip Are private investment funds turning into short-term holders of office assets in return for fast profits, or are they simply taking full advantage of the wide-open capital spigot that's flooding the property markets? |
Real Estate Portfolio Special Issue 2005 Christopher Bechard |
Foreign Investment in Real Estate is AFIRE An interview with the CEO of the Association of Foreign Investment in Real Estate (AFIRE) on the current state of foreign investment in U.S. real estate and REITs, as well as what we can expect in the future. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
An Insatiable Appetite for Trophy Assets Investment sales activity is occurring at a frenzied pace. Nearly $70 billion worth of Class-A office buildings were sold during the first half of 2004 --- a 60% increase in sales volume over the same period last year. |
BusinessWeek April 12, 2004 James Mehring |
Germany: Consumer Jitters Are Stalling The Recovery Germany's economic recovery has hit a snag. Businesses are losing confidence because domestic demand hasn't picked up. But German consumers are hesitant to spend, largely because the labor market remains soft. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2003 |
2003 Real Estate Investment Survey Exclusive research shows resilient asset class remains hot despite weak fundamentals. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Major Dilemma for Office REITs: Buy or Build Public REITs are relying increasingly on development to build their portfolios. That approach is not without risk, as soaring construction and land costs have made it painfully expensive to assemble sites and build on them. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley |
Have We Hit Bottom? If, indeed, the U.S. is in the early stages of a long anticipated rebound, there were no signs of it in the commercial real estate industry in the first half. The most obvious trends were rising vacancies, falling rents and mounting loan delinquencies. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Parke M. Chapman |
A Flipper's Paradise An insatiable demand for commercial real estate is prompting investors to put new acquisitions back on the selling block -- a practice known as flipping. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2005 Natsis & McFadden |
Fast-Moving Deals To avoid being caught off guard when bidding for properties, commercial real estate professionals and their clients should understand the motives behind the movement to shorter periods of investigation. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2003 |
Brazos Real Estate Securities Fund The Brazos team seeks to provide a balance of income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in small-cap real estate companies. The fund's objective is to take advantage of the liquidity, control, alignment of interest and enhanced diversification offered by real estate securities. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2003 Gretchen Pienta |
Building a Powerful Portfolio Learn which commercial real estate vehicle provides a strong foundation for your clients' investments. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 |
A View From The Summit The problems facing commercial real estate CEOs at the dawn of 2003 are daunting. NREI tracked down five prominent CEOs to find out how they are handling the challenges facing their companies, their markets and commercial real estate in general. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Jessica Miller |
Office Properties: The Worst Could Be Ahead After hotels, the office sector is the biggest victim of the soft economy. And unlike the retail, industrial and multifamily sectors, experts predict that office fundamentals will continue to crumble before improvement begins some time in 2004. |