There was a lot of interesting news on retail and retail real estate over this holiday weekend. Word on the street is that Vornado Realty Trust, which owns big box toy seller Toys 'R' Us, is looking to cash out on the chain this summer. Meanwhile...
ICSC's annual Mid-Atlantic Idea Exchange is taking place next week. And for the first time, the conference is being held in Prince George's County. It has moved to the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center at Peterson Co.'s National...
Here's a 189-page document from the Congressional Oversight Panel on Commercial Real Estate Losses and the Risk to Financial Stability. FT Alphaville has an excellent post summarizing the report that includes some illustrative charts. Check that...
This is a re-post of a thoughtful contribution from Sperry Van Ness President and CEO Kevin Maggiacomo's blog. Maggiacomo is a major proponent of social media within the commercial real estate industry. And in this post he explains why. ...
Though we are no longer in a de facto credit crisis, the shortage of available financing continues to be a serious problem for both retailers and retail real estate developers. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that in the fourth quarter...
After a home run in December, retailers had another strong month in January. ICSC, Retail Forward, Retail Metrics and RetailSails have all crunched the numbers from the publicly-traded retailers that report same-stores sales and the figures show...
It seems like every couple of days there's a new burst of articles on the state of commercial real estate. At one extreme, you have stories breathlessly running off one or two metrics that show that commercial real estate is going to destroy the...
Cushman & Wakefield announced this morning that Glenn Rufrano has been named President and CEO of the company. Rufrano, who will also be appointed to the company's board of directors, will join the firm March 22 following the completion of his...