Spotlights

"Cleaning for Health" - Is your business prepared for a possible H1N1 flu virus outbreak

The recent increase in confirmed H1N1 infections has created heightened awareness of measures that the public at large can take to protect t...

We are seeing a turnaround: The last 3 months of 2009 will certainly be the best of the year

The Rhode Island commercial market, through good times and bad, is always characterized by stability, limited availability of good product, ...

Amenities, tax incentives and transportation improvements stimulate growth in Quincy, Mass.

The month of September 2009 was very kind to the economic growth and development of the city of Quincy, a waterfront community located seven...

A regional report on employment, office, retail and apartment outlooks for the Boston metro area

CWCapital and its in-house research and consulting group, Maximus Advisors, provide the following excerpt from their recent report on the lo...

What is hot and what is not in re-financing commercial real estate loans in 2010 and beyond?

The problem of re-financing commercial real estate loans maturing over the next eight years has been well documented throughout the media. D...

The hotel business is facing enormous challenges: Owners, operators & lenders are all in it together

Over the last five weeks I have attended three conferences on the state of the hotel industry including the "Distressed Hotel Assets Forum" ...

The 8 key items that come into consideration when pricing insurance for a real estate portfolio

Most prudent business owners look to see where they can save money. Real estate owners are no different. There are hundreds of insurance ag...

Opportunities emerge as capitalization rates and single-tenant retail property inventory rise

After several years of cap rate compression, escalating prices and eroding risk premiums, the single-tenant retail market is recording some ...

The Stormwater Maze - an alternative design method to Stormwater Management Practices

During the last several years, I have often written on erosion control methods that use old techniques in a new way to address tight work ar...

Industrial tenants are in the driver-seat right now when it comes to negotiating leases with landlords

Get me a broomstick and some limbo music and I'll show you. Or, better yet, get me a tenant for one of my industrial listings and we'll show...