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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. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Parke Chapman |
The Changing Brokerage Paradigm These are edgy times for commercial real estate brokerages. Office leasing volume is flat-lining, top brokers are switching firms and mergers are creating a new breed of mega-brokerages. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Nicholas Yulico |
Betting on a Rebound A surge in San Francisco leasing activity has propelled investors to pay record prices for trophy buildings in recent months. Skeptics wonder whether buyers are wise to bet on a recovery that may still be a ways off. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Jessica Miller |
Office Fundamentals Continue to Crumble Climbing vacancies and a sluggish leasing market continue to dog the national office market. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
The Office Investment Gamble Several office markets battered by the tech wreck that jolted Wall Street and led to a recession four years ago are still plagued by double-digit vacancies. But that hasn't fazed investors, who are generally paying more for properties today than they were in 2001 when the buildings were filled with tenants. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Midtown Manhattan: A Pillar of Strength The real estate market in Manhattan is finally emerging from a three-year slump. Office leasing is on the rise, hotel vacancy rates are tightening and luxury retailers are flocking to Fifth Avenue's midtown shopping corridor. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 Parke Chapman |
A Supply Glut In the Office Sector Over the past two years, as office markets softened, industry pundits predicted that things would not get as bad as they did in the last recession because this time the market was not overbuilt. It looks like they were wrong. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2011 Michele Lerner |
Office Investment Magnet Experts believe Washington, D.C.'s real estate fundamentals are in place to keep the local office market healthy for the remainder of 2011. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 |
Ten to Watch Larry Silverstein, President and CEO, Silverstein Properties... Mike Bush, Executive Director, Project Real Estate Associate Program (REAP)... Michael Depatie, CEO of Real Estate, Kimpton Group Holding LLC... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Bennett Voyles |
Beijing Goes for Gold The 2008 Olympics may be three years away, but right now the odds seem good that Beijing will set records in at least one event: the property value high-dive. But there are problems that threaten to drag the market down. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Crossing the Hudson The office market in Midtown Manhattan is blazing hot, with asking rents at prime buildings topping $100 per sq. ft. That has sent some tenants heading for Northern New Jersey where it is possible to find rents in Class-A buildings for less than $35 per sq. ft. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Chapman & Valley |
The Sublease Overhang: A 124 Million Sq. Ft. Headache When will vacancy rates return to normal and asking rents stop falling? The answer very much depends on how quickly the office market can clear out a whopping 124 million sq. ft. of sublease space -- about 25% of the total available space nationwide. |
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 July 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Loading Up on Warehouses At a time when businesses are straining to meet global competition, companies are demanding more state-of-the art warehouses. That is pushing up prices. In some markets, land is at a premium. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Forecast 2005: Will Job Growth Finally Meet Expectations This Year? Economists and commercial real estate experts largely agree that U.S. job growth year-to-date can best be described as disappointing. |
National Real Estate Investor July 23, 2003 Parke Chapman |
New York's Strategic Value A Cornerstone of CBRE/Insignia Merger With the merger between CB Richard Ellis and Insignia finalized, a new brokerage kingdom now rules New York City. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Morris Newman |
San Francisco's Bipolar Office Market Riding a High Investors in the seemingly bipolar San Francisco office market appear ready to bounce back. After three years of slow recovery, downtown San Francisco is ready to relegate the tech fiasco to the past. |
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 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 July 1, 2004 Walter Woods |
When Will Atlanta Rise Again? While Atlanta's fundamentals continue to lag, the city is adding more structures to its famous skyline. Some new inventory has already come on line in early 2004, including the first of many possible towers at the Atlantic Station. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Office Glut at Ground Zero The jury decision on insurance liability for the World Trade Center could clear the way for five new office towers to be developed around Ground Zero in a larger plan that could cost as much as $9 billion. |
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 August 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Residential Rebound Four years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, residential sales and rentals in Manhattan are soaring. |
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. |
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 April 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Boutique -vs- Behemoth When CB Richard Ellis acquired Insignia Financial Group last summer, the heavily publicized deal brought together two of the nation's largest commercial brokerages under one roof |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Tenuous Office Recovery Boston's metropolitan market continues to lag the national office recovery -- and observers question if the market's near-term leasing momentum is sustainable. They cite two stubborn trends: an active mergers and acquisitions market, and a soft local economy. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
On the Menu: Secondary Office Markets The pricing delta between top-tier office properties in big cities and smaller markets may help explain why some investors are rethinking their strategies. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 H. Lee Murphy |
Industrial Building Binge Developers may be taking on significant risk in some of their spec investments, and in some cases they are plainly getting out in front of actual demand for new space. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Ground Zero Waiting Game Above-market asking rents and political bickering over Ground Zero's future are foiling developer Larry Silverstein in his quest to fill the $700 million 7 World Trade Center building. As of late December, just 40,000 of the total 1.7 million sq. ft. was leased. |
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? |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Parke M. Chapman |
Oh, Canada! Brokerage Empire Expands Cushman & Wakefield extended its 12-year affiliation with Royal LePage Commercial in September by outright purchasing the dominant Canadian real estate brokerage. |
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 September 1, 2003 |
2003 Real Estate Investment Survey Exclusive research shows resilient asset class remains hot despite weak fundamentals. |
National Real Estate Investor October 30, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Fifth Avenue office tower sells for $611 per sq. ft. Chicago-based Walton Street Capital bought the Midtown Manhattan office building. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Full-Service Giants Bulk Up Within the past two decades, the nation's largest real estate brokerages have formed a variety of new service lines that include asset management, appraisal, consulting and mortgage financing. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Matt Valley Editor |
New office supply is like rubbing salt into the wound Many real estate brokers, developers, and lenders say this is a demand-driven recession, that the industry didn't overbuild this time. The reality is it's also a supply problem in two of the historically biggest job-growth markets, Atlanta and Dallas. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Garden Variety Slump The northern New Jersey real estate market is limping through the murkiest economy in a decade. Occupancy rates across all property classes waned in 2002. Retrenching businesses dumped space on to a swelling sublease market, and prices for Class-A office space have softened. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Jeremy Myers |
Can "Delay and Pray" Save Commercial Real Estate? It's a toss-up if we can bank on it for the long term. |
National Real Estate Investor October 9, 2002 Tony Wilbert |
Atlanta stalls as job growth dwindles If commercial real estate is to Atlanta what cars are to Detroit, then the engine is kaput, and AAA won't arrive for more than a year. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Morris Newman |
Cashing In on L.A.'s Hot Investment Climate After a decade with very little new construction, the Los Angeles office market is noticeably tighter. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Finally, An Uptick in Office Rents Average rents nationally rose by 0.7% to hit $20.25 per sq. ft., up from $20.11 per sq. ft. at the end of 2004. In reality, scores of major office markets are still limping, and some won't make a full recovery for several years to come. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Parke M. Chapman |
Rebound in Beantown Boston's metro office market was particularly active in the fourth quarter of 2006. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Global Brokerage Formula In the past decade, the largest American real estate brokerages and broker networks have forged interests in more than 100 countries. These empires cover plenty of ground, but they do so in vastly different ways. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Brokerages Benefit by Selling Frenzy Demand for real estate product not only benefitted sellers in 2004, but it also proved to be a boon for the nation's largest commercial real estate brokerages... Notable Deals... Ranking Changes... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 Jeanne Lang Jones |
Seattle's Day in the Sun Because of the strengthening economy, vacancy rates and rents are improving in the Puget Sound's two largest office submarkets -- Seattle and Bellevue, a suburban city located on the east side of Lake Washington about a 30-minute drive from downtown Seattle. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Jennifer Dawson |
Re-Energizing Houston Although the energy industry in Houston is enjoying a resurgence, the office sector continues to lag the broader economic recovery with a metro vacancy rate of nearly 18%. But increasingly the market appears poised for a major turnaround. |