ICSC RECon 2014 – SPOTLIGHT: MONEE, ILLINOIS
ICSC RECon 2014 is in full swing as the largest retail real estate convention in the world. Every year, retail owners, investors, developers, lenders and other commercial real estate professionals converge on Las Vegas, NV to network, discover, promote…
Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence – Do You Know the Four Areas of Inquiry?
Albert Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Commercial Real Estate Due Diligence – the Four Areas of Inquiry I’m a big fan of Albert…
IN PRAISE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS – Let’s Do Lunch!
This article is being republished as a welcoming salutation to many of my long-lost Real Estate Developer friends. You have been missed over the past several years. Call me. Let’s do lunch! Did I happen to mention I love Real Estate…
DUE DILIGENCE CHECKLISTS – for Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Are you planning to purchase, finance or develop any of the following types of Commercial or Industrial Real Estate? A KEY element to successfully investing in commercial or industrial real estate is performing an adequate Due Diligence Investigation…
Dancing with Gorillas – Roulette – and CRE Litigation
The Time to Decide – Commercial Real Estate Litigation A sage once said, “The time to worry about where the ball will drop is before the wheel is spun”. He was speaking about roulette, of course, but the wisdom of these words has much broader…
Maximizing The Third Space – A Key ICSC RECon 2013 Takeaway
Questions abound about where our commercial real estate market is headed. As many suspect, where we were prior to the Great Recession is not where we are now, and not where we’re headed as we move forward. Things have changed. We have entered an…
ICSC RECON 2013 UPDATE – Things Are Happening Now!
May 20, 2013. ICSC RECON UPDATE. Today was an exhausting but productive day. My Fitbit recorded nearly 20,000 steps, or roughly 8.75 miles covered. My feet hurt, so I believe it. It was great to see friendly, familiar faces, from past and present –…
Searching for WOW! at ICSC RECON 2013
May 19, 2013. Walking the ICSC RECON 2013 Marketplace floor, I am struck by the relatively few WOW exhibits of innovative products and solutions I find myself interested in. What do I mean by a WOW exhibit? Simply put, it is a product or service solution…
CREC Capital Markets Review – CHICAGO
May 14, 2013: The Chicago Real Estate Council hosted a panel of experts during a lunch meeting today to discuss the current state of commercial real estate industry capital markets. The panel was moderated by Dave Hendrickson of Jones Lang LaSalle, and…
BOTTOM FEEDERS – A Leading Economic Indicator?
Bottom Feeders – and Bottom Feeder Funds – Our New BFF? Bottom feeders have a distasteful reputation with some – but, truth be told, they are among the most reliable leading economic indicators of recovery for the commercial real estate industry. There…