As 2010 came to a close, analysts predicted that commercial real estate would not experience a full-fledged double dip and investors hurried to get into commercial properties while the getting was good. However, there was one type of property that they largely steered clear of: industrial real estate. This sector of the commercial market, which includes mostly warehouses and distribution facilities, had been predicted to lag in recovery behind multifamily housing, resort properties and even retail and office space, failing to make a recovery until 2012 at the earliest[1]. In …

Although the commercial real estate market – and leased retail space in particular – has struggled over the past two years, many malls “in urban settings have managed to thrive in spite of the recession”, according to a California real estate broker specializing in retail properties[1]. While Richard Rizika admits that malls in his locale, Los Angeles County, are “faring much better…than in the nation on average,” he believes that a shift in the way that stores are promoting themselves and the locations that retailers find attractive could actually ultimately …

After a tough year in 2010, a private commercial real estate firm in New York reported today that office rents in Manhattan are on the rise for the first time since the commercial decline began[1]. While New York real estate has been typically resilient – particularly in the rental sector – when it has come to regaining value and encouraging new development, retail and office spaces have continued to suffer in the city. Now, however, it looks like that trend could be reversing before many experts expected it to do …

International investing firm Deloitte released a report yesterday indicating that as far as their experts are concerned, commercial real estate in the United States is clearly “fostering early stages of recovery”[1]. While many analysts were beginning to make similar predictions by the end of 2010, most preferred a “wait and see” approach rather than taking a firm stand on the status of the commercial real estate sector. However, Deloitte’s report indicates that at least for now, the signs are positive.
Deloitte partners abroad are in agreement about the US commercial market …

Things are starting to get better for the U.S. real estate market as top cities are starting to get attention from foreign investors. A survey from a Washington, D.C.-based company reveals that foreign investment dollars are, indeed, helping revive the real estate market [1].
The Association for Foreign Investment in Real Estate, or AFIRE, has released the results of its Wisconsin School of Business’s James A. Graaskamp Center for Real Estate-conducted 19th Annual Survey. Administered during the last quarter of 2010, the survey had the 180 AFIRE members as respondents. The …

Homeowners across the country have been dealing with serious financial woes in large part because of the real estate crisis. While they are finding it hard to acquire additional funds for housing, though, the opposite seem to be happening for real estate developers. And this is not because developers have been faring better than homeowners but only because the market seems to be dealing with short-term memory loss [1].
According to experts, developers who have defaulted and lost money on real estate gambles are still able to attract funding because plenty …