Similar Articles |
|
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Alan Heavens |
Philly's Downtown Resurgence Downtown Philadelphia's renaissance offers a compelling argument that the region is primed for additional growth. Condos are hot and retailers are adding space, but office vacancies are high and likely to go even higher. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Walsh & Brickley |
Philadelphia Story: Betting on a Better Downtown A survey of the philadelphia property market: hotels, multifamily, retail, office, and projects under construction. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 |
In Progress: 240-248 N. Highland Avenue, Mixed-Use Project The Perennial Properties development includes five adjoining industrial-style buildings. All are new construction, with the exception of a 5,000 sq. ft. historic property. |
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 April 1, 2003 Margaret Jackson |
Downtown Renaissance With the February opening of a $270 million convention center hotel complex, downtown St. Louis has received nearly $1.4 billion in public and private investment since 1998 -- the largest investment ever in the city over such a brief period. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Comcast Takes Philly to New Heights In 2007, a 975-ft. tall office tower will take center stage as Philadelphia's tallest skyscraper. Malvern, Pa.-based Liberty Property Trust is developing the $465 million Comcast Center in the heart of Philadelphia. |
National Real Estate Investor June 6, 2003 |
Northern Virginia Office Building Trades for $71 Million Corporate Office Properties Trust, a major owner of office buildings along the Baltimore/Washington corridor, this week bought a 400,000 sq. ft. office building in Herndon, Va. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2007 |
Deals and Projects Angelo Gordon & Co. and Cambria Real Estate have acquired Glendale Financial Square from Delma Properties... Triple-Net Properties has acquired Century Hills in Georgia... Alan Ojeda of the Rilea Group begin construction of a office tower in Miami... |
National Real Estate Investor May 2, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Wells Continues Acquisition Spree Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has been busy this week. The unlisted office and industrial REIT spent over $245 million to buy two office buildings, including a 410,000 sq. ft. New Jersey office building and a 929,694 sq. ft. Minneapolis property. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Squeezing Profits Out of Shopping Centers Huge demand for retail -- and commercial real estate properties in general -- has compressed cap rates. So, how are asset managers squeezing more profits out of their retail assets? |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2003 |
American Financial Buys $769 Million Office Portfolio Fresh after its IPO last week, American Financial Realty Trust has purchased 158 properties from Bank of America Corp. for nearly $800 million. The 8.1 million sq. ft. portfolio consists of office buildings, banking and operations centers scattered throughout 19 states. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 |
Deals & Projects Jones Lang LaSalle's New York Capital Markets group has completed the $43.2 million sale of Bank of America Plaza... United Trust Fund and GE Real Estate announced the purchase and leaseback of a state-of-the-art, 65,000 sq. ft. office/warehouse facility... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Dana Dubbs |
A Towering Question These are trying days for Philadelphia's downtown office market. Now, three separate office developments are on the drawing board, including a $700 million world trade complex that would add 2.3 million sq. ft. of space. Local real estate professionals are skeptical. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2008 |
Deals & Projects The Koll Co. acquires a four-property office portfolio from Invesco... Abbey Road Advisors has acquired two office buildings in Valhalla, N.Y.... Jay-Z, along with co-developers, has acquired a West Chelsea High Line parcel on which to develop a hotel... |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Christine Perez |
A Tale of Two Office Submarkets It appears Dallas is on the verge of another economic rebound, with nearly all of the new office development occurring in two key submarkets -- Downtown/Uptown and Far North Dallas. But too much new construction could push buyers to other cities. |
Real Estate Portfolio July 2000 Deidra Darsa |
Echoes of Elegance Historic renovation projects, like the ones shown here, offer different challenges and rewards from standard construction. |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Matt Gove |
Wells Makes Its Move Wells Real Estate Funds has spent most of its 18-year history flying under the radar --- buying nondescript, single-tenant suburban office buildings. Now, the Atlanta-based privately held company is making its move with acquisitions totaling more than $1.2 billion for 2002. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Matt Hudgins |
Office Development Plans Resurface in Austin Why have two developers rekindled development plans for office buildings here? The answer involves nuances of the city's geography, political climate, and historic patterns of business development. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 |
In Progress: Opus Corporate Center at Westlake Village The $180 million, 435,000 sq. ft. mixed-use development has freeway access and an array of on-site amenities and services. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Sibley Fleming |
Tearing Up Peachtree Tearing up Peachtree Street, which runs through downtown Atlanta and the office markets of Midtown and Buckhead, is another way of saying there's a lot of construction going on. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Ezra Fieser |
The Nation's Commercial Real Estate Capital? Washington, D.C., just might be the only commercial real estate market in the U.S. with bragging rights. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Laura Ellis |
The Nissan Effect Nashville's commercial real estate market is riding high on the automaker's announcement that it will relocate its North American headquarters from Gardena, California, to the Country Music Capital by the end of 2007. |
National Real Estate Investor September 23, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Office REIT Stung By Competitive Manhattan Market A decision last week by law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft to lease 450,000 sq. ft. at One World Financial Center was terrific news for lower Manhattan and WFC landlord Brookfield Properties, but quite the opposite for Boston Properties. |
National Real Estate Investor December 11, 2002 |
Mills Corp. acquires six malls for $621 million The Mills Corp. has agreed to acquire six mall properties in two transactions for a total of $621 million. The purchases are expected to generate a return of approximately 9% and are scheduled to close by Jan. 31, 2003. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Parke Chapman |
A Long Way to Go in Lower Manhattan According to real estate data provider CoStar Group, only eight of the 17 buildings near Ground Zero have re-opened. The nine buildings that remain closed account for more than 5.5 million sq. ft. of office space. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Twin Cities Harbor Hidden Office Buys On the surface, the Minneapolis-St. Paul office market appears to be plodding along at a steady, yet unremarkable clip. But a closer look reveals a market that is bubbling with activity. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Margy Sweeney |
Chicago's `Long, Flat Bottom' Downtown Chicago continues to bustle with construction activity. This is a good sign and also a scary one. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2011 Matt Hudgins |
Empire Building in Southern California Watson Land owns and operates more than 15 million sq. ft. of industrial space in the region and is one of Southern California's largest industrial developers. |
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. |
Real Estate Portfolio Jul/Aug 2001 Michele Lerner |
Worth the Price Trophy properties can add prestige and stability to a property portfolio... |
National Real Estate Investor May 27, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Chicago's CBD Vacancies Decline, But Troubles Persist Chicago's CBD office vacancy declined by almost half a percentage point during the first quarter, according to a report from CB Richard Ellis. Within the next few months, several large tenants will vacate substantial chunks of space. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 |
Deals & Projects Office tower planned for downtown D.C.... Giant industrial park sold for $20 million... Minshall Stewart buys Cleveland landmarks... Developer plans 420 apartments in Michigan... Tucker snaps up 500,000 sq. ft. mall... Etc. |
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. |
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 Matthew Monroe |
General Growth's Growth Spurt In the 10 years since General Growth Properties went public it has executed a consistent game plan: gain market share through acquisitions, and redevelop under-performing properties. |
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 May 1, 2003 Carol Tice |
Listless in Seattle In March, state economists warned that Seattle won't see any sign of recovery before late 2004. But some developers are looking beyond the current miasma and are planning major new projects that they hope will open to a brighter scene in two years. |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2004 Matt Hudgins |
Second Lease on Life Omron found its solution only a block away from its existing distribution center, in the form of an outdated 50,400 sq. ft. warehouse. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Christine Perez |
Pocket of Prosperity When Craig Hall began developing his first office building in Hall Office Park five years ago, there wasn't even a road that led to his 142-acre site in Frisco, a bedroom community about 25 miles north of Dallas -- now one of America's fastest-growing cities. |
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 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 August 1, 2006 |
Deals & Projects The Koll Co. and Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho will acquire a portfolio of 12 office properties... CalTIA, a joint venture between national financial services organization TIAA-CREF and RREEF, has sold a 9.6 million sq. ft. national industrial portfolio... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Ben Johnson |
Big D Big on Mixed-Use Buoyed by population growth that continues to outpace the rest of the nation, Dallas developers seemingly are in a race to break ground on a whole new generation of projects, each including a variety of mixed uses. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2013 Sara Drummond |
Small Properties, Big Challenges CIRE's survey looks at the small side of property management. |
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 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 Joe Gose |
Growth Prescription: Medical Office Real estate investors have discovered healthy returns in the decidedly ill health care industry. The allure of medical office buildings hinges largely on predictable occupancy patterns. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Chad Eric Watt |
Technology Triumph Regional boosters promote technology businesses to offset the low wages in the tourism and service sectors. That led to the creation of the Central Florida Research Park, a 1,027-acre, county-supported development east of Orlando. |
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. |