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National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Ben Johnson |
Big D Big on Mixed-Use Buoyed by population growth that continues to outpace the rest of the nation, Dallas developers seemingly are in a race to break ground on a whole new generation of projects, each including a variety of mixed uses.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Christine Perez |
A Tale of Two Office Submarkets It appears Dallas is on the verge of another economic rebound, with nearly all of the new office development occurring in two key submarkets -- Downtown/Uptown and Far North Dallas. But too much new construction could push buyers to other cities.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jul/Aug 2003 Cassidy & Ausburn |
Cities Provide Incentives to Increase Urban Multifamily Development Demographic, social, and economic changes are creating long-term opportunities for multifamily developers and investors to acquire, build, and redevelop properties in urban cores.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2002 Christine Perez |
Pocket of Prosperity When Craig Hall began developing his first office building in Hall Office Park five years ago, there wasn't even a road that led to his 142-acre site in Frisco, a bedroom community about 25 miles north of Dallas -- now one of America's fastest-growing cities.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Morris Newman |
Barry Shy's Gamble In a deal touted as the largest adaptive reuse project in downtown Los Angeles, local multifamily developer Barry Shy has paid $75 million for a block in the city's Broadway-Spring district, an elephant's graveyard of earlier attempts at redevelopment.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Carol Tice |
Listless in Seattle In March, state economists warned that Seattle won't see any sign of recovery before late 2004. But some developers are looking beyond the current miasma and are planning major new projects that they hope will open to a brighter scene in two years.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 28, 2003 |
Downtown Baltimore office tower sells for $50M A 380,000 sq. ft. office building in downtown Baltimore has sold for $50 million. Norfolk-Va. Based Harbor Group International (HGI) and a corporate investor bought the property, known as the First Union Tower, as part of a tax-deferred exchange.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Residential Rebound Four years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, residential sales and rentals in Manhattan are soaring.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Caroline Wilbert |
Building Bait The new Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is playing a vital role as a catalyst in the downtown fishbowl by sparking office, multifamily and hotel projects.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Paula Widholm |
Chicago is Back on the Upswing "Live, work, play" has been downtown Chicago's catchphrase since 2000. In recent years it's been amplified by a surge in new high-rise condo projects, office skyscrapers and a new nearly half-billion dollar lakefront park.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 27, 2003 Parke Chapman |
Denver Hotel To Be Reinvented As $45M Mixed-Use Project A shuttered Denver hotel property will soon be reinvented as a mixed-use project featuring nearly 300 luxury apartment units, restaurant and retail space. Las Vegas-based developer Pacific Properties plans to spend $45 million on the 6.9 acre site that is located near downtown Denver.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Office Glut at Ground Zero The jury decision on insurance liability for the World Trade Center could clear the way for five new office towers to be developed around Ground Zero in a larger plan that could cost as much as $9 billion.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2003 Margaret Jackson |
Downtown Renaissance With the February opening of a $270 million convention center hotel complex, downtown St. Louis has received nearly $1.4 billion in public and private investment since 1998 -- the largest investment ever in the city over such a brief period.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Morris Newman |
San Francisco's Bipolar Office Market Riding a High Investors in the seemingly bipolar San Francisco office market appear ready to bounce back. After three years of slow recovery, downtown San Francisco is ready to relegate the tech fiasco to the past.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Walter Woods |
What's In a Name? Barry Real Estate Cos. has lured two large corporate tenants, energy giant Southern Co. and accountants Ernst & Young, out of nearby office towers to anchor two of three planned buildings at what Barry calls Allen Plaza in downtown Atlanta.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Steve Ginsberg |
From Boom to Bust Since the 1850s gold rush, San Francisco's development has been a series of booms and busts. What's new about the latest bust is the culprit.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2003 Ezra Fieser |
The Nation's Commercial Real Estate Capital? Washington, D.C., just might be the only commercial real estate market in the U.S. with bragging rights.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2005 Alan Heavens |
Philly's Downtown Resurgence Downtown Philadelphia's renaissance offers a compelling argument that the region is primed for additional growth. Condos are hot and retailers are adding space, but office vacancies are high and likely to go even higher.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Margy Sweeney |
Chicago's `Long, Flat Bottom' Downtown Chicago continues to bustle with construction activity. This is a good sign and also a scary one.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Parke Chapman |
Midtown Manhattan: A Pillar of Strength The real estate market in Manhattan is finally emerging from a three-year slump. Office leasing is on the rise, hotel vacancy rates are tightening and luxury retailers are flocking to Fifth Avenue's midtown shopping corridor.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Steve Wright |
Hello, Columbus Columbus, Ohio has the makings of a vibrant, 24/7 downtown neighborhood around its Arena District. The only thing missing is residents. But now -- in the first major multifamily housing project downtown in decades -- two apartment buildings with 252 units are under construction.  |
National Real Estate Investor April 1, 2006 Laura Ellis |
The Nissan Effect Nashville's commercial real estate market is riding high on the automaker's announcement that it will relocate its North American headquarters from Gardena, California, to the Country Music Capital by the end of 2007.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Jennifer Dawson |
Re-Energizing Houston Although the energy industry in Houston is enjoying a resurgence, the office sector continues to lag the broader economic recovery with a metro vacancy rate of nearly 18%. But increasingly the market appears poised for a major turnaround.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2007 |
In Progress: Heritage Square The $155 million development is expected to become Durham, North Carolina's first ground-up urban office, retail, apartment and entertainment complex.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 7, 2003 |
Forest City, Westfield to develop San Francisco retail venue Forest City Enterprises, the developer of 835 Market Street in downtown San Francisco, and Westfield America, the owner of the San Francisco Centre, announced an agreement to integrate, develop and market the two sites, creating one of the nation's largest urban retail destinations.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2002 Beth Mattson-Teig |
A Real Downtown in Downtown LA Now, after a decade of planning and false starts, the effort to rebuild a thriving 24/7 neighborhood in the old downtown is gaining traction. There is a wave of high-profile public projects in the works, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a surge in residential building.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2004 Karen E. Thuermer |
Mega-Projects Give the District a New Look The dominating presence of the federal government in Washington, D.C. historically has helped ensure a stable commercial real estate market. But even by that standard, what's unfolding in the D.C. market is impressive.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 |
Long Vacant, 1100 Wilshire Begins New Life as a High-Rise Condo Community The property, which sat vacant as an office tower since it was completed nearly 20 years ago, is the only skyscraper office-to-housing conversion under way in Southern California.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Booth & Kanoff |
Value-Added Investing Is Gaining Traction A growing number of real estate investors are pursuing value-added opportunities, either by repositioning existing assets or undertaking new development. It's a bold approach that requires ingenuity, but which can generate big yields, ranging anywhere from 20% to 200%.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Ground Zero Waiting Game Above-market asking rents and political bickering over Ground Zero's future are foiling developer Larry Silverstein in his quest to fill the $700 million 7 World Trade Center building. As of late December, just 40,000 of the total 1.7 million sq. ft. was leased.  |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2005 Gary Gately |
Harbor Magic Spreads In City of Firsts Lower real estate costs and higher returns on investment in this secondary market have drawn investors far and near to some of Baltimore's most prized real estate.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2003 |
Deals & Projects Office tower planned for downtown D.C.... Giant industrial park sold for $20 million... Minshall Stewart buys Cleveland landmarks... Developer plans 420 apartments in Michigan... Tucker snaps up 500,000 sq. ft. mall... Etc.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2006 Jeanne Lang Jones |
Seattle's Day in the Sun Because of the strengthening economy, vacancy rates and rents are improving in the Puget Sound's two largest office submarkets -- Seattle and Bellevue, a suburban city located on the east side of Lake Washington about a 30-minute drive from downtown Seattle.  |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 Jarred Schenke |
Mixed-Use Wave Strikes Savannah Developers and investors are reviving formerly vacant and abandoned buildings in downtown Savannah with new housing, retail, and hotel developments valued at more than $700 million.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Walter Woods |
Atlanta's Mixed-Use Message A change in the way Atlantans think about long commutes from suburbia has forced multifamily developers and financial institutions to change their notions of development. And these trends have led to a bumper crop of mixed-use projects throughout the metro area.  |
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Hortense Leon |
Orlando Diversifies and Prospers Orlando has evolved into a dynamic and diverse economy with a bustling urban center undergoing $1.3 billion of new real estate development.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2005 Heather Cole |
$2.5 Billion St. Louis Facelift In the mid-1990s, downtown St. Louis was hemorrhaging jobs, and a vacant garment district in its central corridor only accentuated the blight. Over the last five years, however, the area has undergone a major transformation.  |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2002 Matt Kelly |
Boston's High-Tech Hangover Boston is an anxious place these days. Gone is the stellar real estate market of a few years ago. A malaise of high vacancy rates, falling rents and a development pipeline that clogged at the first hint of a recession have replaced the salad days of 2000.  |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Hortense Leon |
Miami Makeover Attracts Investors Miami's newly minted reputation for integrity and efficiency in city government sparks an estimated $3 billion to $4 billion of new construction, ranging from condos to an office tower, in and near the city's downtown area.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Nov/Dec 2003 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Growing Up, not Out Cities use infill development to alleviate urban sprawl.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2003 Dana Dubbs |
A Towering Question These are trying days for Philadelphia's downtown office market. Now, three separate office developments are on the drawing board, including a $700 million world trade complex that would add 2.3 million sq. ft. of space. Local real estate professionals are skeptical.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Tenuous Office Recovery Boston's metropolitan market continues to lag the national office recovery -- and observers question if the market's near-term leasing momentum is sustainable. They cite two stubborn trends: an active mergers and acquisitions market, and a soft local economy.  |
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2005 Kris Hudson |
Climbing Denver's Rocky Market The tech and telecom bust of recent years bloodied Denver with some of its highest vacancy rates and job losses since the late '80s. This year, local real estate and economic observers predict a long-awaited recovery.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Morris Newman |
In This Star-Studded City, Mixed-Use Shines Brightly Anyone seeking evidence of the runaway popularity of mixed-use development in Los Angeles need look no further than the $3 billion extravaganza downtown known as Grand Avenue.  |
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Morris Newman |
Biotech Clouds Don't Obscure San Diego's Sunny Future Nothing in life is perfect, but the suburban office markets of San Diego County have little to complain about at present in spite of the tepid biotech sector, once the crown jewel of the area's economy.  |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 H. Lee Murphy |
A Taxing Situation Everyone loves to complain about high taxes -- it's practically the national sport. But for Chicago office building owners, the complaints ring particularly true.  |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2004 Walter Woods |
When Will Atlanta Rise Again? While Atlanta's fundamentals continue to lag, the city is adding more structures to its famous skyline. Some new inventory has already come on line in early 2004, including the first of many possible towers at the Atlantic Station.  |
National Real Estate Investor December 1, 2006 Beth Mattson-Teig |
Twin Cities Harbor Hidden Office Buys On the surface, the Minneapolis-St. Paul office market appears to be plodding along at a steady, yet unremarkable clip. But a closer look reveals a market that is bubbling with activity.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2004 |
Jazzing Up Memphis New commercial developments attract residents and businesses to this Southern city. Also, a look at how St. Louis is being revived.  |