Spotlights

(Not so) random thoughts on the commercial real estate investment market for 2010

Capital flows to where risk adjusted returns are perceived to be the highest. This is a fundamental tenet of Finance 101. Capital hasn't slo...

CBRE/Boulos' office market survey reflects signs of health and stabilizing vacancy rate

It seems, for once, the pundits and prognosticators were right in their predictions. 2009 was to be a year of "tentative recovery", "slow-gr...

The Boston commercial real estate market after recovery from the "Great Recession"

Boston is fortunate in having in our city CBRE's global chief economist, Ray Torto. When I asked for his prediction as to when our country w...

Where's the money? Some borrowers and investors are finding creative financing methods

It is no secret that our country has been mired in a financial crisis. While there have been a few positive signs from some institutional le...

Grubb & Ellis predicts commercial real estate will decline more slowly in 2010, recovery in 2011

Grubb & Ellis Company released its 2010 Real Estate Forecast, which indicates that 2010 commercial real estate fundamentals will decline mor...

Lean and nimble construction management firms with multifaceted backgrounds will be in high demand in 2010

Major real estate developers, architects and builders have been grappling with the effects of this recession since 2008. Having represented...

A construction program manager brings added value and advocacy to your project team

Once reserved for complex, large-scale capital construction programs, the role of a construction program manager (PM) has moved into the ind...

Firms who provide services from start to finish will provide clients with the best value available

"Survive 'til 95" was the catch-all phrase in the early 1990s. That is when the commercial real estate market collapsed and banks and regula...

Lincoln Properties represents landlord in 4,656 s/f lease at 129 South St.

The Boston office of Lincoln Property Company has brokered a new office lease at 129 South St. The Barbarian Group, a New York-based digital...

RF Walsh Collaborative celebrates topping off of Modern Theatre

RF Walsh Collaborative Partners recently helped mark a key milestone in the renovation and construction of the Modern Theatre. Boston mayor ...