All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Commercial Market Trends

1.The recent announcement of Rose Associates and MetLife to sell One Financial Center, a 1.1 million square foot office tower in Boston, for a staggering $900 million, or $870/psf, is actually justified by future market conditions. 2. Why? The current vacancy rate in the Class A market is below 5%....

The DC/Metro market’s growth in the office sector has by and large been fueled by the Federal Government and Defense Contractors. The article suggests that law firms that are in The District Proper will want and need to stay close to their client base and suggests law firms may be the ticket to future...

Hotel real estate has unequivocally reached institutional investment grade status despite its highly cyclical and value influential attached "business" component.Last 2 weeks (from April 26 07), portfolio transactions showed how likely the second half of 2007 will break another record in hotel transactions...

 This article is an excellent example of false and misleading advertising! It was most likely written by someone employed by the Russian economic initiative. It is not only misleading but makes up for its lack of substance by also being poorly written. If the writer and/or editor had more...

This deal highlights several interesting facts:- Blackstone confirms its unrivaled ability to time the market- Blackstone unveils it is more than a normal Private Equity fund loading up debt on companies they intend to piecemeal. It has had a clear strategy and executed it flawlessly.- The Cap Rate...

In my opinion, Condo development and its financing in Florida are uncertain activities.A very large new inventory is coming on line in the next 18 months.Demand is already saturated and will likely not absorb new inventoryCaveat Emptor. The Buyer beware is a concept easily transferable to Developers...

- Number of new Mixed use projects (condo hotel / fractional / Villas) will come on the market soon which will add pressure on existing hotel properties.- Residential frenzy fueled in part all of these mixed use projects.- Appetite for Residential real estate has and will continue to decrease making...

The DC Metro market has shown its first sign of a downturn. The stats prove the point that Delta Associates as noted in the attached article. The results of the 1st Q vacancy & absorption which are as follows....The 1st Q ’07 showed negative net absorption in all Suburban DC Markets. The DC proper...

This article that appeared in Globe Street on 4/12/07 superseded another article Globe Street article posted on 4/10/07 (http://www.globest.com/news/882_882/atlanta/159652-1.html). I believe that a slow down is imminent, but this may come sooner than later and I think this will happen sometime...

This article is important because it serves as a good example of the increasing waves of mindless blather that floods our retail real estate industry. It is generally created by by young writers who just discovered that malls are changing and feel compelled to write about this amazing...