Rents Rise in Trophy Retail Districts, But Will Tenants Pay?

Jul 23, 2010

Rents are rising in many of the nation’s best-known trophy retail districts. Of the 13 markets tracked in the U.S. and elsewhere in the Americas in a report by brokerage CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), seven posted rent...

Image Catalog Can Help Resolve Property Disputes

Jul 19, 2010

A new Web platform from ConstructionPhotoDocs.com (CPD) allows property managers to document a property’s condition over time. Through a photographic record, any maintenance or renovation work on the property can be...

General Growth Sells Management Portfolio to Jones Lang LaSalle

Jul 15, 2010

General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP) has sold the management and leasing responsibilities for its third-party management division to Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) as General Growth attempts to emerge from Chapter 11...

Industrial Sector Lags Despite Manufacturing Gains

Jul 14, 2010

Widespread improvement in the industrial sector won’t occur until 2011 and 2012 despite recent economic and manufacturing gains. That is according to a new report issued by Encino, Calif.-based Marcus & Millichap Real...

Survey: Social Media Slow to Catch On with Apartment Residents

Jul 09, 2010

It seems everyone’s connected through social media these days. But a recently released survey finds that more than nine in 10 conventional apartment residents (persons who don’t reside in student housing) haven’t...

U.S. Ports Beef Up Infrastructure Amid Volume Declines

Jun 30, 2010

U.S. ports are expanding their capacity and infrastructure in spite of widespread declining volumes in anticipation of the widening of the Panama Canal in 2014...

LoopNet Launches New Property Database

Jun 21, 2010

LoopNet has recently launched a property database comprising 5 million commercial properties across all major property types including retail, office, industrial and multifamily. The database allows investors to...

Aptech Launches New Hospitality Accounting Software

Jun 21, 2010

Aptech Computer Systems, a provider of hospitality software and enterprise financial accounting, has developed an advanced hospitality financial accounting system called the Aptech Next Generation Accounting Solution...

Deals Are On the Rise, as Capital Returns to the Market

Jun 17, 2010

With approximately $700 billion worth of loans coming due on distressed properties over the next four years, transaction activity in commercial real estate is picking up this year, albeit slowly, and is expected to...

Hotel Appraisals Still Have Clout With Lenders, Survey Shows

Jun 09, 2010

Although hotel lenders always take appraisals with a grain of salt, a newly released survey of capital providers indicates that appraisals are still the biggest factor when determining market pricing for hotel...

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