People are shopping again, and the retail real estate sector is reaping the rewards.

The war is over, and green won.

The industry has long anticipated the wave of refinancings that starts this year.

The fact is, forecasting is an art.

We have been producing our Executive of the Year Awards, in some format, for 18 years now. Determined by a peer vote but based on a ballot put together by our editorial team, the awards honor top-level commercial real estate executives for achievements and strategies of the past year.

We are once again in the midst of a midterm election, and that circumstance is not promising for a number of real estate-influencing pieces of legislation. While the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is generally expected to be passed in some form before it sunsets at the end of the year, the Foreign Investment in Real…

Recently, two columnists in the same issue of our capital markets newsletter addressed current events, each taking a different perspective. One acknowledged the current spate of bad news around the world but took a positive view of the U.S. economy; the other termed optimism about U.S. economic performance misguided.

Investors and developers are always looking for the next big opportunity, and these days there are plenty of them. What’s more, there are quite a number that so far appear to have strong growth prospects.

Technology leaves few industries and corners of the economy untouched today. As its tools become ever more powerful and sophisticated, the Digital Age is reshaping how we live, work and play, often in subtle ways. For that reason, change is happening everywhere, regardless of market size or business mix. In business, the effects of technological…

Energy has become a paramount priority for commercial real estate owners and operators.