Property Types Retail
$135M Financing Secured for 1MSF Yonkers Shopping Center
Oct 23, 2009
It's almost like the good old days of 2007 when loans over $100 million
for commercial real estate practically rained from the sky. Undeniably,
those times have not returned, but news that Brooks Shopping Center
L.L.C., owner of the 1 million square-foot Cross County Shopping Center
in Yonkers, N.Y., has gotten its hands on a $135 million first mortgage
to finance the property's redevelopment certainly brings back good
memories.
Economy Watch: No Rush to Build More Houses
Oct 21, 2009
U.S. housing starts posted a gain in September, but only a modest one,pointing to a still-modest rate of recovery for the overall economy.According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, the rate of new homestarted inched upward by 0.5 percent during the month to a seasonally adjustedrate of about 590,000 units. Ever-optimistic economists, it seems, wereexpecting more.
Manhattan Retail Hit Hard in '09, But Turnaround on Tap
Oct 20, 2009
It's been a rough year for retail, even in tony Manhattan. The
crumbling of Wall Street in the fourth-quarter of 2008 spurred the
downward spiral of the market and the recession just added salt to the
wound, according to a third quarter report by Marcus & Millichap
Real Estate Investment Services.
Retail Vacancies Hit New Highs
Oct 09, 2009
Even as the economy shows signs of having turned a corner, serious
hurdles remain for the retail sector. And the latest figures from the
third quarter reveal that vacancy rates at U.S. malls and shopping
centers have risen to multi-year highs.
Economy Watch: Blackstone Takes Amusement Parks
Oct 08, 2009
It seemed like an announcement from the good old days (2006, say):
Blackstone Group L.P. is buying a sizable chunk of real estate. But it
was in fact on Wednesday when the buyout giant told the world that it
was going to spent some $2.7 billion to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev NV’s
amusement parks.
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