I found a new blog today, a Chicago-based one called Corporate Real Estate that's run by Jacob Cynamon. It looks like a good one. It seems to focus a lot on office, but does cover all aspects of commercial real estate. ...

Sam Zell, one of the most well-known real estate investors in the country, spoke at a recent conference and says what we're going through is not a credit crunch, but what he calls a "confidence crunch." ...

One of the most well-known retail venues in the U.S.--South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif.--is celebrating its 40th birthday. ...

Home furnishing retailers have been hammered for the past year--ever since the housing bubble started to deflate. Now Bombay Co. has filed for bankruptcy. ...

In the wake of Federal Reserve Chairman Benjamin Bernanke cutting the federal funds rate by half a percentage point there dollar--already weakened against many foreign currencies--has fallen even further. For the first time since 1976, the U.S...

Macy's is bringing FAO Schwartz to Chicago. It's adding it as a store-within-a-store at its State Street Flagship--the former Marshall Field's that has struggled since converting over to the Macy's brand. ...

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Realtors and mortgage bankers are applauding House passage of a bill that would expand and extend for an additional 15 years the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. The Act, which allows the federal government to guarantee up to $100 billion in...

In another gem from Kenny Pratt at Simple RE, he explains how swaps affect conduit loan pricing. The post has lots of links to where he pulled information and is a pretty quick, but thorough, explanation. I definitely found it helpful. ...

NRF has come out with their holiday sales projections and they are calling for a 4.0 percent gain. That's interesting because it's lower than the number the group recorded last year--a 4.6 percent gain (in contrast with its projection of a 5.0...