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We’ve all heard and read the less-than-positive rhetoric about class-B malls—sales are down, department store anchors are going dark, inline tenants are leaving and e-commerce is stealing customers away...
As the economy has recovered from the downturn of 2008 and banks once again have money to lend, they remain bound by regulations and restrictions that keep them from making loans that carry even the slightest of risks. Private lenders are left to...
The music continued to play in 2015 for the white-hot multifamily market, as many investors saw rents and occupancies climb higher and cap rates fall. Sales of apartment projects still under construction remain commonplace. Record-high sales...
Real estate litigation attorneys in Los Angeles must be familiar with partition lawsuits. A partition lawsuit is needed when co-owners of real property cannot agree on how to separate.
What is partition?
Real property is often owned by two ...
Activist investor Carl Icahn has won the bidding war for Pep Boys, beating out Bridgestone Corp. to claim the Philadelphia-based automotive aftermarket chain. The deal is valued at roughly $1 billion—a staggering number when compared to the ...
The ongoing capital investment needs of hotels are typically greater than those of other real estate asset classes. Hotels are made up of a large number of depreciable components that wear out with guest use, become obsolete or require updating to...
Data centers, the large buildings that house more machines than people, are typically located close to high-tech hubs to provide companies with close-by storage support, such as in booming (and expensive) office markets including San Francisco...
