All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Commercial Market Trends

James Rossiter's article suggests that there is a difference between the current fall in UK office and retail property prices and that which occurred about 15 years ago when it took several years for the market to recover. He implies that the current downturn is likely to be shortlived and that...

What is perhaps astonishing is the total lack of understanding from commercial real estate experts and economists alike that the credit crisis is just unfolding. Or as the article suggests the participants are in the “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” mode. What is also incredible are the experts...

This article has the tenor of many articles written about the housing industry in say 2004. The initial tremors in the market are dismissed as a minor and temporary event to be followed by a steady rise thereafter.

The heady days of high occupancies and correspondingly high rates may soon be adjusting. I believe that occupancies and then rates will decrease in the 2nd quarter of 2008.

Are the derivative bond markets suggesting reality or is it just panic talking. When you look at the vast number of investment properties that were purchased in the last 2-3 years with securitized debt with unheard of lending criteria such as using pro-forma income & expense statements which forecasted...

I like the content of this article except that I believe the suffering will be greater than depicted by the pros for apartments, office buildings and warehousing (the biggest part of the current industrial construction). In addition, I have been hearing for the current development cycle that the shopping...

The BPO services is continuing to have a positive impact on the growth of commercial real estate in the major Philippine CBD's (Central Business Districts).   These CBD's in Metro Manila (Makati, Taguig, Pasig, Quezon City, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Paranaque and Alabang) and in Angeles...

Blackstone has made the biggest bets in the history of commercial real estate and, now that they have gone public, we all get to see the results in greater detail. As to the Equity Office portfolio purchased from Sam Zell, the initial sales in the major markets have been consummated and the balance...

Mr. Burns seems to imply in his analysis of what is essentially an article about the weak performance of most retailers heading into the most important holiday season, that this performance has something to do with the current value of their real estate.    As a 40 year veteran of the retail...

This Christmas season is bringing a historically earlier opening of the holiday season promotional effort. The major retailers are doing everything they can to catch the shopper early through pricing wars and heavy marketing. Each wants to get a leg up on consumer shopping urges and capture the second...