Value-Add Has its Day

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by Matt Hudgins (http://www.reforum-digital.com)

When Clarion Partners acquired the Plantation Apartments at the Woodlands late last year, the 432-unit, luxury complex north of Houston was just three years old and required only minor upgrades and leasing to increase the revenue stream and boost value. Clarion expects an easy task of maintaining full occupancy at its new multifamily
asset. After all, the Houston metropolitan area’s economy is one of the strongest in the nation, having added more than 85,000 jobs in the 12 months that ended in [Full Article]

Coldwell Banker Commercial Sees Increasing Demand from Tenants

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May 30, 2012 4:09 PM

Fred Schmidt, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Commercial, talks about the optimism in the retail sector. Coldwell Banker has offices in primary, secondary and tertiary markets across the country and sees across-the-board decreases in vacancies and increases in demand. Coldwell Banker’s deal volume is increasing, mirroring national trends and seeing slow and steady growth as the year progresses. One particularly hot area [Full Article]

Fast Times for Student Housing

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Jun 4, 2012 10:56 AM, By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

A lot more college students and just a few more beds in college dormitories adds up to a huge shortage of student housing, according to “Surging Student Populations Stress On-Campus Housing,” a new white paper.

“States aren’t keeping up with building housing for the students that they’ve got,” says Jim Arbury, vice president of student housing for the National Student Housing Council, a part of the Washington D.C.-based trade group, the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC). “That presents a huge opportunity for private developers.”

The report counts the number of students enrolled at colleges and universities for the 2009-2010 academic year …[Full Article]

SREIC Coverage: Wealth Transfer Panel

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David H. Lenok, June 8th 2012

The panel consisted of Doug Moore, managing director at U.S. Trust Bank of America, David Sullivan, a director at Institutional Real Estate Fund Marketing CBRE and Hugh H. Woodside, managing director at Empire Valuation Consultants LLC.

Moderator Doug Moore began by stressing three key elements that make commercial real estate such an attractive vehicle for wealth transfer in the current tax environment: First, transfers of real estate are extremely easy to discount for gift …[Full Article]

Retail Landlords Sigh in Relief as Leasing Activity Gains Momentum

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May 21, 2012 8:58 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik

After several years of concentrating on portfolio consolidation, retailers are coming back to the negotiating table ready to talk new deals, according to leasing brokers, property managers and landlords. What’s more, growth is coming from a variety of sectors, including dining, specialty apparel and department stores, which means that the recovery that up till now has been occurring on a selective basis is starting to become market-wide.

One of the most encouraging signs for the industry is that… [Full Article]