Anna Spiewak

Mortgage Musings

The industry has long anticipated the wave of refinancings that starts this year.

Strategic Hotels ‘Breaks Record’ with Montage Laguna Beach Purchase

Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. has just turned the heads of everyone in the hotel real estate business with its acquisition of the 250-key Montage Laguna Beach in Laguna Beach, Calif.

SL Green Lands Leasing Commitments from Two Big Names

Be it office or retail space, SL Green Realty Corp.’s Manhattan portfolio always brings in the big names, and lately it’s Diesel and Swarovski.

JANUARY ISSUE: Hiring & Compensation–Rewarding Talent

As 2014 has come to an end, three overarching trends have emerged that will continue to dominate commercial real estate and influence senior leadership hiring in 2015.

Economy Watch: Interest Rates to Rise in the Summer? A Definite Maybe.

The Fed’s vague verbiage on whether interest-rate increase is in the cards for 2015 is interpreted to mean that it just might this year.

Duke Reduces Volume in Suburban Office Sector

Duke Realty Corp. has been quite vocal over the years about its strategy of transforming its portfolio into majority industrial and exiting many of its suburban office markets, and once again it is putting its money where its mouth is with its latest disposition.

INTERNATIONAL: Melco Crown Entertainment Opens City of Dreams Manila

Melco Crown Resorts and a subsidiary of Melco Crown Entertainment are opening the first international integrated leisure destination offering in Manila, Philippines.

Economy Watch Weekly: No Boom for Retail Development

Economy writer Dees Stribling offers his weekly roundup of indicators for the week ended Jan. 23, 2015.