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Appeasing the Landlord for a Speedier Lease Transaction
By Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR, Partner, Commercial Realty Specialists: Having the following six items handy will help you get into a property faster and easier.
Carving Out a Niche
By Steven Marks, Head of U.S. REITs, Fitch Ratings: The number of non-traditional real estate landlords that have converted to REIT tax status has increased over the past several years despite inherent risks not present with core property types.
Perks, Pitfalls of M-U Properties
By Stuart Eisenberg, Partner & RE Practice Leader, BDO USA, L.L.P. : As people increasingly choose to live, work and play in centralized locations, developers and investors are taking advantage of this trend by building more mixed-use properties.
Covenant-Lite Loans in a Heavily Regulated Environment
By Marcelo Bermúdez, President, Figueroa Capital Group, subsidiary of Charles Dunn Co.: Rarely is there a day that goes by where a client doesn’t ask me if whatever we are trying to accomplish can be non-recourse or if certain covenants can be stripped during the negotiation process.
Going 3D: A Quiet Revolution for Building Signage
By Dees Stribling, Contributing Writer Building signage is undergoing a quiet revolution. Digital signage, typically plasma or LCD displays, is almost imperceptibly replacing static signage. Unlike conventional signs, more advanced alternatives offer a dynamic form of communication that can be used in a variety of ways across building types to inform, advertise, entertain or otherwise enhance a resident’s or tenant’s building experience. Digital signage has important life-safety uses, as well, supplementing fire alarms or other automated life safety systems. For example, it is now possible to place a digital sign adjacent to a standard EXIT sign. In case of a…
Generating Juice, Re-Using Water
By Brad Berton, Contributing Writer As World Green Building Council CEO Jane Henley told CPE, more enlightened public policies and private practices could quickly narrow the gap between the U.S. and more sustainability-minded nations. The renowned advocate cited numerous strategies embraced abroad that are ripe for broader adoption in U.S. markets, among them integration of newfangled on-site energy generation technologies; “district-scale” heating and cooling mechanisms; and modern water retention and re-use systems. While more and more U.S. commercial and residential properties are generating photovoltaic and other sustainable energy sources on site, European nations in particular are leading innovation of truly…
Commercial real estate may hold up reasonably well as the Fed unwinds QE3, and investors should lock in low interest rates now.
–Kenneth Riggs, Chairman & President, Real Estate Research Corp.
Cole Focuses on New Public Persona
Buoyed by the firm’s first earnings report since going public, the top executives of Cole Real Estate Investments expressed joy with what they call “record operating results” in the second quarter and optimism about the future of the net-lease REIT.