NREI Online has a longer report about the 2006 volume of commercial mortgages. In total, it looks like the industry hit a new record, topping 2005. Retail volumes, though, were down. ...

The Mills Corp. saga has taken another turn. Just when it seemed the final chapter was being written, with Brookfield Asset Management coming in with an offer to buy the company, now another bid has emerged. Simon Property Group and Farallon...

The Mortgage Bankers Association is still computing final numbers, but preliminary results indicate that loan volume on retail real estate fell in the fourth quarter of 2006. ...

As part of Retail Traffic's continuing conference coverage, we will be providing updates from this week's CREF/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo 2007 being hosted by the Mortgage Bankers Association in San Diego. ...

From one of Retail Traffic's sister publications, Multichannel Merchant, comes a report indicating that more than one-third of holiday shoppers preferred to both research and buy products online. ...

There were some rumblings this week that there would be a change at the world's largest retailer. But according to Supermarket News, a memo was passed around the company denying that rumor. ...

Filene's Basement is going to temporarily close its flagship store downtown at the end of the summer. ...

It's no secret that mixed-use projects are very hot right now. Developers have largely settled on core uses including retail, office, residential and hotel in putting these projects together. But we're curious to hear about some less common uses...

The MIT Center for Real Estate along with Real Capital Analytics has developed a commercial real estate index designed "with the objective of supporting the trading of commercial property price derivatives." ...

Blog Hometown Security does a excellent job breaking down the Department of Justice's recently released study of mall security. (Available for download as a pdf here.)