The debate continues to rage on whether the FDIC's current policies regarding commercial real estate assets constitute the right approach to the downturn. Some industry insiders maintain that holding onto assets as long as possible will help...

Los Angeles-based brokerage firm Lee & Associates Investment Services Group has allowed us to share the results of a short investor sentiment survey it recently compiled. The respondents included high-net-worth individuals, partnerships and...

The latest numbers from the Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index (CPPI) show that prices bounced up for the second straight month as CRE values slowly recover. The results have not yet been posted to the MIT site linked above. Moody's put...

New York's retail-happy bed bugs first struck Abercrombie & Fitch and this weekend Victoria's Secret got hit as well. ...

Madison Marquette, one of the pioneers in the use of social media to promote malls and shopping centers, has launched a site dedicated to best industry practices. You can check out the site, called Center Social, here. It has a section dedicated...

This is what makes following commercial real estate so maddening. ...

Forbes has a ...

In results analysts called mixed, same-store sales rose in June by about 3 percent. ...

General Growth Properties has reached a deal to sell its third-party management division--a unit that manages 18 regional malls and community centers--to Jones Lang LaSalle for an undisclosed price. The deal adds more than 11 million square feet...

After federal regulators told banks to work out struggling real estate loans whenever possible in the fall of 2009, they are beginning to mull whether that was a mistake. That's because too many banks have been following their recommendations in...