Advanced Development and Investment Inc. (ADI), a real estate development company that received approximately $29 million in subsidies from the city of Los Angeles, has agreed to pay $165,000 to end an ethics investigation related to allegations of campaign money-laundering. … Continue reading →
On December 6, Vornado Realty Trust closed on 114,000sf of retail space at Manhattan’s 666 Fifth Avenue, paying $708 million. The space is leased to Uniqlo, Hollister and Swatch. Spanish retail company Inditex (Zara) owns the remaining 38,750sf of retail … Continue reading →
In July the Montana Supreme Court ruled in Redding v. Montana that a TIC without usage rights is a security. A TIC (tenancy in common) is a property interest arrangement under which two or more people co-own real estate without … Continue reading →
In 2011, hotel retail revenue averaged a meager $497 per available room (1.1% of total revenue) according to USA Today (quoting PKF Consulting). In an effort to increase revenue and stay competitive, upscale hotels are creating more functional and multi-purpose … Continue reading →
Omnichannel retail is the practice of providing a consistent and seamless shopping experience to customers through all available channels, including bricks-and-mortar, catalogue, and online shopping. Sucharita Mulpuru of Forrester Research predicts that by the end of this year, cross-channel sales … Continue reading →
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) accounts for 80-90 percent of the office space rented in the Philippines, according to South China Morning Post. This booming industry, which is fueling one of the fastest growing economies in Asia, is expected to double … Continue reading →
Crowdfunding is a process by which a company or developer will fund a project by selling small amounts of equity to many investors. In commercial real estate, crowdfunding can help to fund the urban infill projects that are often not … Continue reading →
Calculated Risk reports that the October Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score (produced by AIA – The American Institute of Architects) was 52.8 – up from 51.6 in September. The index reflects the nine to twelve month lag time between architecture billings … Continue reading →
The top three Eastern European cities for new retail space construction are Moscow (11.14msf), Kyiv (3.81msf) and Sofia (2.23msf), according to a Q3 2012 report by Colliers International. The cities included Open up communication Erectile Dysfunction cialis rx condition can … Continue reading →
As of November 14, thirty-two buildings in lower Manhattan (27 percent of downtown’s 100 million square feet of office space) remained closed in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy,
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