Catch-22 in Mezzanine Lending

Aug 01, 2008

Mezzanine lenders are tripping over each other in their haste to accommodate hungry borrowers. Each week brings news of another commercial real estate fund amassing capital to make or acquire mezzanine loans, which are secured by the stock of the...

In Progress: Prasada Power Centers

Aug 01, 2008

Location: Surprise, Ariz. Developers: Westcor, WDP Partners and RED Development Size: 1.4 million sq. ft. Anchors: Best Buy, Petco, Target and Wal-Mart, among others Completion: The first phase will open in the fall of 2009 Buzz: Derived fro...

Top 25 Industrial Developers

Jul 01, 2008

The Top 25 Industrial Developers survey is based on data provided by participating companies. Developers were asked to provide their volume of activity for the 2007 calendar year. Results include completed development and new construction globally...

Top 25 Industrial Owners

Jul 01, 2008

The Top 25 Industrial Owners survey is based on data provided by participating companies. The rankings are based on the amount of industrial space companies owned globally as of Dec. 31, 2007...

Hotel-Condos: A Broken Promise?

Jul 01, 2008

Summertime in Las Vegas might be more scorching this year than usual due to the heat from a growing number of condo hotel lawsuits. A group of 40 investors who bought condo-hotel units — privately owned homes inside hotels that revert to hotel...

Top 25 Shopping Center Owners

Jul 01, 2008

The Top Shopping Center Owners ranking originally appeared in sister publication Retail Traffic. The listing is based on total retail GLA owned as of Dec. 31, 2007. Every attempt to include as many firms as possible was made either through direct...

Top 25 Hotel Owners

Jul 01, 2008

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Jones Lang LaSalle Acquires Staubach Co., Boosts Tenant Rep Platform

Jun 18, 2008

Long after Monday’s closing bell — just after 8 p.m. EST — Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and Dallas-based The Staubach Co. formally announced their long-anticipated merger. The $613 million deal caps weeks of intense speculation and makes...

Q&A with Anant Yardi, CEO of Yardi Systems

Jun 16, 2008

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Yardi Systems founded in 1984 provides investment, asset and property management software for more than 15,000 businesses, corporations and government agencies around the world. Anant Yardi, the firm’s CEO, spoke with ...

Is Self-Storage Recession-Proof?

May 27, 2008

Self-storage real estate investment trusts (REITs) reported total returns of more than 23% year-to date at the end of April, based on an index maintained by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. That number made self-storage...