TOP 25 SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS
Jun 01, 2011
The Top Shopping Center Owners ranking originally appeared in sister publication Retail Traffic. The listing is based on total retail gross leasable area (GLA) owned as of Dec. 31, 2010. Every attempt to include as many firms as possible was made...
American Dream Meadowlands Renderings
May 03, 2011
Why Investors Like Warren Buffett Are Bullish on Mobile Home Parks
Why Investors Like Warren Buffett Are Bullish on Mobile Home Parks
Apr 15, 2011
The key to understanding mobile home park investing is to look at the raw power of affordable housing and how it relates to today’s consumer. The household income for 20% of all Americans is under $20,000. That’s 60 million people...
Supermarkets, Fitness Centers & Theaters All Serve as Alternate Anchors for Regional Malls
Supermarkets, Fitness Centers & Theaters All Serve as Alternate Anchors for Regional Malls
Apr 06, 2011
The long-in-the-making decline of department stores has been forcing regional mall firms to search for alternative anchors for years. In the past decade, big-box stores, restaurants, discounters and other large space users have all popped up as...
Big-Box Giants Downsize to Drive Productivity with Smaller, Urban Stores
Big-Box Giants Downsize to Drive Productivity with Smaller, Urban Stores
Mar 30, 2011
As U.S. chain retailers absorb the lessons of the Great Recession, many big-box chains have started to shrink average store footprints to reflect the growing importance of multi-channel shopping, adapt to urban settings and recognize the need to...
Eleven Long-Term Care Facilities in Missouri Sell for $27.2 Million to Platinum Health Care
Mar 28, 2011
Deaconess Long Term Care Inc. has sold 11 of its facilities in Missouri to affiliates of Platinum Health Care LLC for $27.2 million in an all-cash deal. Consisting of 852 licensed skilled nursing beds and 128 assisted living beds, the portfolio...
The Economy Is Back, And So Are Hotel PIPs
Mar 09, 2011
That three-letter acronym many hotel owners loathe to hear, PIP, or property improvement plan, has come out of hibernation. With the net operating income of the average U.S. hotel expected to rise 10.9% this year, according to PKF Hospitality...
Benchmark Senior Living Enters Into $890 Million Partnership With Health Care REIT
Benchmark Senior Living Enters Into $890 Million Partnership With Health Care REIT
Feb 28, 2011
Benchmark Senior Living, New England’s largest assisted living provider, has signed a definitive agreement to form an $890 million partnership with Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN). The partnership will include 34 Benchmark senior housing communities...
Pssst! Want to Buy A Failed Bank?
Feb 23, 2011
Forget a courting period. Those who want to buy the assets of a failed bank need to get to the altar fast to clinch their union...
PCBs Could Pose Risks for Property Buyers and Sellers, and Affect Values
PCBs Could Pose Risks for Property Buyers and Sellers, and Affect Values
Feb 14, 2011
Polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs, are man-made organic chemicals manufactured in the United States from 1929 until they were banned in 1979 because of indications that they cause cancer and have other serious health consequences. ...
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