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The Cost of Doing Business: How Major Cities Stack Up

Find out which cities are the most cost effective for corporations.

Distressed Assets: A City-by-City Rundown

Which cities house the most distressed assets?

USGBC Challenge Case Study: Genentech

Details of Genentech’s efforts as part of the USGBC’s California Best Buildings Challenge.

USGBC Challenge Case Study: Adobe Systems

Details of Adobe’s participation in the USGBC’s California Best Buildings Challenge.

USGBC Challenge Case Study: Integral Group’s Deep Green Office

Details of Integral Group’s participation in the USGBC’s California Best Buildings Challenge.

Special Servicing: How Likely Are Loan Extensions Today?

Rather than “extend and pretend,” special servicers and bank asset recovery groups may have no qualms today about moving to take back underwater properties. Special servicers weigh in on where they stand today.

Student Housing Today: Living the W Hotel Life

The good old-fashioned dorm room has been transformed into a posh living space where students’ parents now want to live.

Guest Column: The Supreme Court Speaks; Some Taxpayers Shudder

Property owners frequently raise questions about hard-to-fathom differences between assessments of similar properties and the failure of municipal and county assessors to equalize values. Pullman & Comley chair Elliott Pollack talks about why attempting to toss out an assessment on constitutional grounds is a very steep hill to climb.

What Types of Financing Alternatives Are Available for a Building Purchase?

By Randolph T. Mason, CCIM, SIOR, Partner, Commercial Realty Specialists: I am often asked the question by business owners about what types of financing alternatives are available should they decide to purchase a building to occupy their business within. There are a couple of options.