Allison Landa
Lodging’s Rapid Improvement Offers Promise for 2011
By Maria Maslovsky, Moody’s Investors Service: Year-to-date fundamentals have strengthened significantly year-to-date, and Moody’s expects the improvement to continue in the medium term, although we acknowledge the potential risks of another broad economic slowdown.
Colliers Report: Big Box Retail Chains to the Rescue
Crumbling along with the housing market, the retail real estate sector took a nosedive a long time ago. However, according to real estate services firm Colliers International’s new white paper, The Big Box Dilemma, large big-box chains that managed to remain afloat during the economic crisis are beginning to soak up some of that space vacated by retailers who could not keep their heads above water.
Geithner Homes in on Fannie, Freddie as Part of ‘Broader Failures’
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner didn’t hold back on Tuesday when addressing the role of government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the U.S. financial crisis.
Q&A: Stadium Cost Overruns
Construction attorney Barry LePatner looks at this timely subject.
Survey Responses Due Tomorrow: CPE-MHN Most Powerful Real Estate Owners
Are you a real estate owner? CPE and MHN are now collecting data for the 2010 ranking. To be considered, fill out the survey by August 18th.
Bozzuto/Pritzker JV Invests in $200M Mixed-Use Project at Catholic University in D.C.
Less than a month after announcing the formation of a joint venture with an initial capitalization of $75 million for multifamily acquisitions and developments, Greenbelt, Md.-based The Bozzuto Group and Chicago’s Pritzker Realty Group have made their first investment.
Pacific Coast Capital, Ohio Public Employees Retirement System Form JV
Pacific Coast founding partner Don Kuemmeler said that due to the recession, there are fewer lenders willing to make and hold commercial real estate mortgages on their balance sheets and that the joint venture expects to hold the loans to maturity.
George Smith Completes $32M Multi-Family Construction Loan in Hollywood
The loan will finance the completion of an 180-unit project on La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.