Paul Rosta
Retail Outlook: Tighter Markets, Robust Pipeline
California will lead the way for lowest retail vacancy this year, according to projections by Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc.
Economy Watch: Mixed Signals From Jobs Report; Trade Gap Narrows $1.5B
At only 88,000 new jobs created, March’s 2013 increase fell short of the 12-month trailing average of 169,000; intermodal rail traffic ticked up 0.5 percent last month.
Colliers, C&W: Manhattan Office Market Offers Tepid but Promising Outlook
Manhattan’s commercial real estate market is getting its report cards for the first quarter, and two of the city’s top brokerage firms are handing out mixed grades.
Anatomy of a Cleanup: Getting Ready for Redevelopment
Scores of communities are remediating old industrial sites and hoping to attract investors and developers to put them to new use. Here’s an inside look at how RACER Trust is cleaning up a massive old GM site in Massena, N.Y.
MIPIM Special Report: Global Healthcare, Seniors Housing Dynamics
A panel of experts at the global real estate conference discusses the robust and widely varied global opportunities in seniors housing and healthcare real estate.
Non-traded REITs: KBS Realty Advisors CEO Charles Schreiber Talks About the Latest Trends
Schreiber, who serves as CEO of the Newport Beach, Calif.-based investment advisor and its affiliate, KBS Capital Advisors, recently offered perspectives on major trends and strategies in the non-traded REIT arena.
Resident Satisfaction: Benchmarking Tools
Systematic surveys of multi-family residents can offer valuable insights. This spring, Kettler will roll out a new strategy throughout its 19,000-unit portfolio.
Gridlock Aside, Executives Offer Even-Handed View of Government: CPE 100 Quarterly Sentiment Survey
Washington’s penchant for gridlock and partisan bickering has soured much of the country on the federal government, yet commercial real estate executives seem to be taking a more balanced view of their day-to-day encounters with the public sector at all levels.
Turnaround in Baton Rouge: Troubled Perkins Rowe Project Gets a Second Chance
As a federal case over foreclosure dragged on for more than three years, a comprehensive property management program restored stakeholders’ confidence in the mixed-use project.
Corporate Contenders: Which Cities are Challenging the Heavyweights?
By Paul Rosta, Senior Editor When it comes to choosing cities for relocation and expansion, corporate real estate decisions frequently lead to the rich getting richer. That rings true for several industries that are today’s leading engines of economic and employment growth. Technology firms tend to gravitate toward the Silicon Valley; Greater Boston’s stature as a global leader in life sciences draws start-ups and giants alike. And the robust energy business favors Houston and Dallas for its corporate facilities. That said, the diversity within each of those growing industries, and the American economy as a whole, means that the situation…