Archive for December, 2008

The World’s Largest Net Lease Brokers

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This is Part Five (5) of our ongoing series… the World’s Largest…
Overall, net lease properties have become a major part of the real estate investment atmosphere.  Many brokers have launched divisions focusing solely on net lease properties.  Certain agencies focus exclusively on net lease properties.  Some large net lease brokers include CB Richard Ellis Inc. [...]

The World’s Largest Net Lease Investors

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

This is Part 4 of our ongoing series… The World’s Largest…
Net lease properties have been a wonderful choice of investment for many investors. Typically, retail properties leased by high quality chain-store tenants, these are relatively stable investments with decent yields. Thus, many large companies have been expressing great interest in these properties. Lexsington Realty Trust, [...]

The World’s Largest Office Shoppers

Friday, December 26th, 2008

This is Part 3 of our ongoing series… The World’s Largest…
Recently, Morgan Stanley Real Estate has been actively engaging in the office market, buying as much as $12 billion worth of office buildings in a 12 month period. Brookfield Properties Corp., SL Green Realty Corp., Hines and CB Richard Ellis Investors L.L.C. have also been [...]

Twin Cities = Enigma

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

The Twin Cities.  City of Lakes.  Minneapolis St-Paul, the home of the 2008 Republican National Convention is like an enigma.  It had low unemployment but high office vacancy rates.  Yet, it is definitely the opposite in terms of residential.  Many storefronts remain empty, however there are several noteworthy projects to pay close attention to.  A [...]

The World’s Largest Office Creators

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

This is part 2 of our ongoing series… The World’s Largest…
The top five developers of commercial office properties are as follows: Opus Group, Morgan Stanley Real Estate, Trammell Crow Co., Duke Realty Corp. and the Alter Group. The former three develop almost $1 billion of properties in a 12 month period, while the latter two [...]

The World’s Largest Office Collectors

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

This is Part One of our ongoing series… The World’s Largest…
There are very many entities in this world who collect office buildings and so forth.  I was reading Commercial Property News and they stated that the top five are as follows:
RREEF Real Estate has a portfolio of $27 billion as of June 30, 2007.
Morgan Stanley [...]

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