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National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Matt Hudgins |
It's A Jungle Out There The stakes keep rising for buyers hunting office properties in a crowded commercial real estate market. An excess of capital and persistently low long-term interest rates have given sellers the upper hand. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
Why Office Owners Can't Resist the Quick Flip Are private investment funds turning into short-term holders of office assets in return for fast profits, or are they simply taking full advantage of the wide-open capital spigot that's flooding the property markets? |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2007 Pontius et al. |
Office Romance Private Equity and Commercial Property Briefs: Private equity power... The REIT direction... New competitors... What's driving local markets?... Sector to watch: Medical Office... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Joe Gose |
Dispositions Dwindle REITs are less likely to be the net sellers they've been during the last few years when high demand for commercial real estate allowed office landlords to dump non-core assets or buildings in unfavorable markets. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Joe Gose |
The Office Investment Gamble Several office markets battered by the tech wreck that jolted Wall Street and led to a recession four years ago are still plagued by double-digit vacancies. But that hasn't fazed investors, who are generally paying more for properties today than they were in 2001 when the buildings were filled with tenants. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Going Coastal During a recent REIT conference, industry professionals address why institutional investors are pouring money into coastal cities |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 Matt Gove |
Wells Makes Its Move Wells Real Estate Funds has spent most of its 18-year history flying under the radar --- buying nondescript, single-tenant suburban office buildings. Now, the Atlanta-based privately held company is making its move with acquisitions totaling more than $1.2 billion for 2002. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 |
Lean, Mean and Ready to Expand Instead of absorbing space, Corporate America in recent years largely has been shedding excess real estate to trim costs. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Laura Ellis |
The Nissan Effect Nashville's commercial real estate market is riding high on the automaker's announcement that it will relocate its North American headquarters from Gardena, California, to the Country Music Capital by the end of 2007. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Shopping the Secondary Markets As prices continue to soar in top metros such as Chicago and New York, more and more buyers are pursuing higher returns in secondary markets. Cap rates in primary markets range between 4% and 6% compared to cap rates ranging from 5% to 8% in secondary cities. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2005 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Office Market Madness Big money and aggressive investors chase real estate deals in unexpected places. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
A Sellers' Conundrum Selling quality commercial real estate into the current market is pretty simple, as REITs have proven over the past few years. But profit-taking sellers soon become buyers, and this part of the equation is far more arduous. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2007 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Minor Markets, Major Gains? Investors look to secondary and tertiary markets for class A products with higher returns. But real estate professionals in these smaller markets need to promote the market itself as an investment opportunity, not just the properties. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2014 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Surf's Up Investors catch the wave in secondary markets. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Tenuous Office Recovery Boston's metropolitan market continues to lag the national office recovery -- and observers question if the market's near-term leasing momentum is sustainable. They cite two stubborn trends: an active mergers and acquisitions market, and a soft local economy. |
National Real Estate Investor May 2, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Wells Continues Acquisition Spree Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has been busy this week. The unlisted office and industrial REIT spent over $245 million to buy two office buildings, including a 410,000 sq. ft. New Jersey office building and a 929,694 sq. ft. Minneapolis property. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Loading Up on Warehouses At a time when businesses are straining to meet global competition, companies are demanding more state-of-the art warehouses. That is pushing up prices. In some markets, land is at a premium. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
What Does It All Add Up To? After three years of recession-induced angst, the commercial real estate industry is finally on the mend. Still, there is some 260 million sq. ft. of vacant office space nationwide, an overhang that could take years to burn off. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Joe Gose |
Yield Seekers Multifamily investors, battle-weary from bidding wars that have battered returns in major coastal metros, have hit the highway for secondary and tertiary markets. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
The New Power Players in Office Investing Undeterred by dizzying prices and unfettered by the demands of public shareholders obsessing over quarterly growth, partnerships like Blackstone Group and other private firms are outbidding REITs on marquee properties. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2012 Rich Rosfelder |
At the Office Crossroads While year-over-year increases in secondary market office sales averaged 25 percent in 4Q11 and 1Q12, tertiary markets showed negative growth overall. Are office investors poised to enter these markets or are they biding their time? |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2003 |
A View From The Summit The problems facing commercial real estate CEOs at the dawn of 2003 are daunting. NREI tracked down five prominent CEOs to find out how they are handling the challenges facing their companies, their markets and commercial real estate in general. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Midtown Manhattan: A Pillar of Strength The real estate market in Manhattan is finally emerging from a three-year slump. Office leasing is on the rise, hotel vacancy rates are tightening and luxury retailers are flocking to Fifth Avenue's midtown shopping corridor. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Twin Cities Harbor Hidden Office Buys On the surface, the Minneapolis-St. Paul office market appears to be plodding along at a steady, yet unremarkable clip. But a closer look reveals a market that is bubbling with activity. |
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2007 Charles Keenan |
The Boston Props Ed Linde and Mortimer Zuckerman of Boston Properties have steadily built the company into one of the most respected real estate companies in the world. |
National Real Estate Investor December 23, 2002 |
Wells buys office tower for $157 million Capping off a year-long acquisition spree, Atlanta-based Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has closed on a $157 million Class-A office tower in Glendale, Calif. The 545,000 sq. ft. Nestle Building was bought from Douglas Emmett Realty Advisors, an opportunity fund manager. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2004 Beth Mattson-Teig |
How High Can They Go? Investors pay top dollar to acquire premium office properties. |
National Real Estate Investor November 25, 2002 Parke Chapman |
Wells buys $345 million D.C. office complex Wells Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired a pair of Class-A, office buildings in the heart of Washington, D.C. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Morris Newman |
San Francisco's Bipolar Office Market Riding a High Investors in the seemingly bipolar San Francisco office market appear ready to bounce back. After three years of slow recovery, downtown San Francisco is ready to relegate the tech fiasco to the past. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Christine Perez |
A Tale of Two Office Submarkets It appears Dallas is on the verge of another economic rebound, with nearly all of the new office development occurring in two key submarkets -- Downtown/Uptown and Far North Dallas. But too much new construction could push buyers to other cities. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Nicholas Yulico |
Betting on a Rebound A surge in San Francisco leasing activity has propelled investors to pay record prices for trophy buildings in recent months. Skeptics wonder whether buyers are wise to bet on a recovery that may still be a ways off. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2003 Hugh F. Kelly |
Maintaining the Balance Commercial real estate markets hold steady while waiting for the economy to regain its footing. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Margy Sweeney |
Chicago's `Long, Flat Bottom' Downtown Chicago continues to bustle with construction activity. This is a good sign and also a scary one. |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Walter Woods |
When Will Atlanta Rise Again? While Atlanta's fundamentals continue to lag, the city is adding more structures to its famous skyline. Some new inventory has already come on line in early 2004, including the first of many possible towers at the Atlantic Station. |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 H. Lee Murphy |
Enticing Returns It's a great time to be a seller of industrial property. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Nicholas Yulico |
Reversing Course, Institutional Investors Assume More Risk Institutions and pension funds are increasingly eyeing non-traditional real estate investments, such as senior housing communities and even distressed office buildings. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Drowning in Data Legions of analysts and data gatherers now provide a steady flow of information about occupancies, asking rents, sales per square foot, and so on for all markets and classes of commercial real estate. If this is transparency, it is of a highly murky vintage. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2006 |
Getting Better All the Time A growing economy and continued capital influx are music to the ears of commercial real estate pros. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Christine Perez |
Pocket of Prosperity When Craig Hall began developing his first office building in Hall Office Park five years ago, there wasn't even a road that led to his 142-acre site in Frisco, a bedroom community about 25 miles north of Dallas -- now one of America's fastest-growing cities. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg |
Self-Storage Attracts a New Breed of Buyers Historically, institutions have ignored the self-storage market because it seemed risky. However, real estate investment trusts (REITS) and other large owners have been buying family operations and introducing new cost efficiencies. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Matt Valley |
Is This the Year of Goldilocks in Commercial Real Estate? Economists refer to a "Goldilocks economy" as one that is neither too hot, nor too cold and is what a market analyst is predicting for the commercial real estate industry. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 Jeanne Lang Jones |
Seattle's Day in the Sun Because of the strengthening economy, vacancy rates and rents are improving in the Puget Sound's two largest office submarkets -- Seattle and Bellevue, a suburban city located on the east side of Lake Washington about a 30-minute drive from downtown Seattle. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Mar/Apr 2012 Rich Rosfelder |
Small(er) Markets, Big Opportunities Investors leave core cities in search of higher returns. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2006 Anthony Downs |
Building Boom On Hold U.S. commercial property markets are still swamped with financial capital seeking real properties. Yet, there doesn't seem to be much evidence that a new commercial development boom is starting. |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Forecast 2005: Will Job Growth Finally Meet Expectations This Year? Economists and commercial real estate experts largely agree that U.S. job growth year-to-date can best be described as disappointing. |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Paula Widholm |
Chicago is Back on the Upswing "Live, work, play" has been downtown Chicago's catchphrase since 2000. In recent years it's been amplified by a surge in new high-rise condo projects, office skyscrapers and a new nearly half-billion dollar lakefront park. |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 |
Ten to Watch Larry Silverstein, President and CEO, Silverstein Properties... Mike Bush, Executive Director, Project Real Estate Associate Program (REAP)... Michael Depatie, CEO of Real Estate, Kimpton Group Holding LLC... etc. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Parke M. Chapman |
A Flipper's Paradise An insatiable demand for commercial real estate is prompting investors to put new acquisitions back on the selling block -- a practice known as flipping. |
National Real Estate Investor October 16, 2002 Parke Chapman |
MetLife markets $2 billion office portfolio Insurer Metropolitan Life is selling nearly $2 billion worth of its nationwide real estate holdings, including Midtown Manhattan's 551 Fifth Avenue and two major Chicago office buildings. Of the 15 properties offered, all except one are office buildings. |