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When the mother of all privatization deals was announced in November 2006, it rocked Wall Street and the REIT industry. A proposed buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust (EOP) by The Blackstone Group, a $20 billion deal not including debt, would...
While an ongoing housing correction has depressed residential land prices by more than 30% in some parts of the country, commercial property values are moving in the opposite direction, say experts. Such a substantial jump in commercial land...
Two trends converged Monday with the announcement of the proposed $3 billion acquisition of Trustreet Properties, a net lease REIT that specializes in restaurant properties, by the Franchise Finance division of GE Capital Solutions...
Although the tenant-in-common (TIC) market continues to rake in a staggering amount of money, the industry finds itself in the throes of some major changes. Securitized TICs alone are responsible for raising $1 billion in equity per quarter during...
A few years ago, Stanley Eichelbaum began experiencing a major case of déjà vu. Eichelbaum, president of Cincinnati-based property consulting firm Marketing Developments, Inc., watched uneasily as private-equity investors began to swarm over the...
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...
Competition for net-lease properties among investors has grown so intense that they are increasingly seeking out non-investment grade tenants to enter into sale-leaseback transactions. The risks are certainly greater, but so too are the returns...
What's a guy to do when, after eight years of managing one of the industry's highest-profile portfolios of retail and entertainment properties, his firm gets out of the business? Ask Lee Wagman...
Vans is entering into negotiations with its landlords for lease terminations or rent reductions related to its 11 skateparks, three of which are owned by Mills Corp., two by Simon Property Group, one by PREIT and one by Belz...
