Cities Shooting Economic Development in the Foot
NOTICE TO MUNICIPALITIES: If you want economic development, ACT LIKE IT! Sometimes, municipalities can be their own worst enemies when it comes to economic development. At best, things they sometimes do, or don’t do, evidence disinterest, if…
Land Patent Defense is Frivolous, Sanctionable, and a Class 4 Felony in Illinois
The law is clear. The so-called “Land Patent” defense does NOT work. This is not earth shattering news, but it is a reminder that defenses to mortgage foreclosure actions must be well grounded in fact and warranted by existing law or a…
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 –…
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…