All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Commercial Market Trends

The important aspect of this article is the mere fact that a major Washington DC Developer has admitted what so many have been denying for months and that is the DC/Metro market is in a slump. This writer will say “I told you so”, just go back almost a year to the article titled “Why the smart money...

For builders looking for a smooth landing spot amid today's softening market for new construction, it makes good dollar sense to examine the  green market opportunities available on existing office and commercial space.  The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating...

From MSNBC 2/07/08...."The nation’s retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants reported their weakest January performance in nearly four decades, extending a malaise that has deepened since the holiday shopping season. The sales figures made it clear that consumers...

Why do so many keep relying on the same so called experts, those whose opinions are solely based on self interest and who seem to not be looking at the real picture that is right in front of them. Why do professionals in the real estate industry et al, appear to keep ignoring how negatively impacted...

This is an important article because it puts the entire SHLD story into an accurate historical perspective and makes some insightful observations of the problems still facing any possible turn around.  Although I disagree with the authors on several key points, for the most part this is one of...

General Growth's Indebtedness Raises Fears Among REIT Investors... As GGP has been considered one of the more stable REITS it is highly probable that more retail REITS are in the same shape holding short term debt that will be difficut at best to refinance. On top of that you have the American consumer...

“This is the classic credit crunch,'' Geisst said. ``It might not have gotten to credit cards, it might not have gotten to car loans, but it's coming.’’ ...And yet there are those that keep trying to put a happy face on the reality of the situation. Sorry for the length of this analysis, however, this...

Recent Newsweek and WSJ articles predicting gloom and doom for the shopping center industry were way off base. These writers simply took a few announced store closings (that have been in the works for quite some time) and projected a trend line that would have had the country littered with empty shopping...

From the source article...“The forward indicators of the labor market activity offer little hope that the labor market will be spared,” says Ken Goldstein, labor economist for The Conference Board. “It’s not good news when more people are signing up for unemployment checks, and the average length of...

Recent headlines from the most recent to eight weeks ago certainly tell the tale of what is happening in the economy. Yet there are those that are in total denial because its not in their best interest to admit trouble is brewing and it is now ready to boil over.  How could so many been so...