This year was supposed to be the coming-out party for the commercial real estate collateralized debt obligation (CRE CDO) market. After topping $35 billion in issuance in 2006, expectations were the market would nearly double to $60 billion this...
One of the defining trends of the retail industry in the past decade has been a great hollowing out of the middle. Mid-tier chains have struggled or disappeared entirely. Discounters — exemplified by Wal-Mart — have thrived at one end of the...
The commercial mortgage market faces one of its toughest credit climates in more than a decade. The most complex corners of the securitized mortgage market are getting hammered. Products that flew off shelves 12 months ago now are piling up: As of...
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. ...
In these three dominant areas, architects have an unprecedented opportunity to reshape retail real estate in the coming years. Recently, four members of the American Institute of Architects' Retail and Entertainment Knowledge Community sat down to...
Nine firefighters died June 18 while battling a massive warehouse blaze in Charleston, S.C. Investigators discovered the Sofa Super Store warehouse wasn’t protected by a fire sprinkler system – nor was it required to be. The warehouse was built...