All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Commercial Market Trends

With the spiraling down turn of the economic situation in America today, the hotel industry will be and is hit the hardest, hit with the loss of earned revenues. Hotels are mostly assciated with vacation and travel when in reality, the core of their existance is hinged by business tributaries...

The upcoming recession will hurt hotel occupancy. The combination of increased supply, reduced demand and high gasoline prices will be deadly for the hotel industry. This scenario will provide excellent opportunities for bottom feeders who have sufficient capital to acquire hotels at bargain prices...

The formal announcement of PAGCOR (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.) this week of major commercial, residential and leisure property developments in Manila Bay City points to the country's full economic recovery but does it equate to sustainable economic stability and growth?

Quite likely the hotels most to be affected are full service hotels in major metropolitan areas rather than limited service hotels. Consumers will be looking for "reduced rates" or less expensive venues in the next two quarters, at least, if not through the end of the year. I do not think...

Hotel owners will be facing refinance problems immediately, whether hotel operating fundamentals decline due to a recession, or even if they improve. Owners will not find loans that will produce the necessary net loan proceeds when they refinance. If a recession scenario is added to this structural...

It boggles the mind that so many in the business world and particularly in the commercial real estate industry don’t heed the dire and unprecedented actions being taken to stave off an economic collapse last seen during the Great Depression. Just look at the recent Federal Reserve actions and if that...

This article can be read to mean  several different important things. First, it could mean that Costco is making a significant, but unannounced, change in their very successful expansion strategy.  Next it could mean that malls have made a significant, but unannounced change in their...

WSJ writes a feature article about an event that has zero significance out side of the Phoenix mall development community. While it may be of interest to those curious few who care about routine struggles between real estate developers of every type, size and description, it is really of no consequence...

Moody’s is one of the main “bad actors” in the whole credit mess. They are one of the main rating agencies that gave triple A ratings to what are now considered junk status for the collateralized bonds. In my estimation they have ZERO credibility. Of course they don’t want to admit the commercial market...

This announcement of the latest Chicago Steve & Barry's store raises some eyebrows due to their seemingly sudden conversion to chasing "expensive" real estate.   My familiarity with this specific location allows me to show that this is not any different than any of the other opportunistic locations...