All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Commercial Market Trends

The key implication of this article are that JLL has begun publishing a report on the downtown Chicago office market.It also discusses a forecast of the market for the next couple of years.

I am more optimistic about the economy and the outlook for commercial real estate than the tone of this article suggests.

Key to the development planning and marketing of Ever Vail are: - "green" development philosophy, trying to create a truly sustainable development with an ongoing commitment to minimizing the development footprint on the lands- the idea of 150-200 whole ownership condominium units, 75-125...

Hotel investment is currently more attractive for the following reasons: • Global Economic stability together with strong GDP growth in major economies, all favor strong travel and tourism demand. Businesses send more people traveling, a large chunk of the population has more disposable income...

Bad Business Decisions are often made during good times How often have we heard that the DC commercial real estate market is impervious to any downturn in the real estate cycle, and how the local economy can not be affected by a national economic slowdown? It has been said repeatedly, that the Federal...

The Wall Street Journal article mentioned a few projects that are currently under construction, but there are underlying economic and financial ramifications to our construction environment that had not been addressed in this article.

This deal and its successors are the beginnings of the next trend in the office building market.  The underlying thought here for all the investors is that there will be quantum rent increases in the near term.  Never mind that these buildings are the repository of all the business risks of...

This is a well-done article that includes interviews with two premier sources of real estate market information – PPR and Torto Wheaton. The topic is important given the massive amount of capital seeking to get invested in commercial real estate. Investors are paying high prices in hopes of raising...

This is a contrarian view of the Chicago office market. Real estate investors should consider leasing market dynamics and longer term economic prospects when selecting a location to park their capital.

As the article points out, REIT stocks have doubled on average in the last three years.  No doubt that in the mid 1990’s, commercial real estate was out-of-favor – for a song prices.  But dividend yields are now at 3.78 % - negative leverage to the private exit buyers.  So REIT investors...