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How survey participants rank in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark’s four quadrants classification system.

Although CRE originations next year are expected to be marginally higher compared to this year–everything being equal–the latest data show that commercial real estate originations dropped in the third quarter.

Who says recycling has to stop with your bottles and old mail?

By Brian K. Rapela, MAI Office property sales in the San Francisco market are expected to reach $5.3 billion this year and show no sign of retreating. Investors are viewing the area as a safe haven of sorts, as such gateway cities are looked upon as trustworthy. That’s a good indication that San Francisco has come back very strongly from the recession. And indeed, office rents have increased faster than in any other major U.S. metro market, as a result of several tech company relocations to the city. Institutional investors remain very bullish about the San Francisco real estate market…

Source: Standard & Poor’s

By Randolph Mason, CCIM, SIOR, Partner, Commercial Realty Specialists: The decision to buy your own building is a question that plagues business owners and investors on a consistent basis.

By Merrie S. Frankel, Moody’s Investors Service, Vice President & Senior Credit Officer: Real estate fundamentals for retail properties have stabilized further over the past several quarters. Occupancy, leasing spreads and renewals, have all improved, which also bodes well for the credit ratings of retail REITs.

By Kenneth P. Riggs, Jr., Chairman & President of Real Estate Research Corp.: Insanity — doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
-Albert Einstein