Regus Group, a provider of outsourced offices, meeting rooms and conference facilities, has acquired its U.S. competitor, HQ Global Holdings, for roughly $302.5 million in cash. The combined company will control 652 business centers in 52...

The following rankings were originally published in the May issue of NREI. They are based on responses to NREI's Top Lender Survey questionnaire and reflect total dollars financed or arranged in commercial real estate during the 2003 calendar year...

When CB Richard Ellis officially acquired Insignia Financial Group in July 2003 it was the shot heard around the commercial real estate industry. The firm's $431 million buyout of New York-based Insignia created the largest real estate services...

The Top Shopping Center Owners ranking was originally published in NREI's sister publication, Retail Traffic. The listing is based on total retail GLA owned through Dec. 31, 2003, as reported by participating companies unless otherwise noted. In...

Rankings are based on data provided by participating companies. Developers were asked to provide their volume of activity for the 2003 calendar year, including the amount of space completed or under construction in the U.S. as of Dec. 31, 2003...

Sam Walton believed in strict control — of store operations, of product quality and most certainly of expenses. Walton's dedication to keeping his hands on the wheel played a big part in parlaying his first enterprise, a franchised Ben Franklin in...

Rankings are based on the total number of hotel rooms owned as of Dec. 31, 2003. Companies also were asked to provide the total number of hotels in their portfolios...

Economic development officials in metropolitan Atlanta's first-tier suburbs are establishing tax allocation districts (TAD) in an effort to attract developers to potential commercial sites that were previously overlooked due to development...

The low interest rate affliction that has crippled apartment fundamentals for several quarters is driving the biggest condominium conversion boom in two decades. Condo developers are swarming markets across the country, paying a premium to acquire...

For a chain such as Costco Wholesale Corp., cooperating with malls has suddenly become an important part of its growth strategy. In the past year, the discount juggernaut has opened its first two mall units, and the chain currently is talking to...