Spotlights

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...

Fair cash value in connection with real estate auctions, bulk sales and real estate tax abatements

The most common reason to file and obtain a tax abatement is that the local board of assessors has put an assessed value on the property whi...

Tenants seeking value in Boston market: Lucrative incentives and generous concessions

In the Financial District, fundamentals continued to soften in the third quarter albeit at a slower pace than the first half of 2009. The su...

Attention building owners and managers:

Façade inspections are more important now than ever. In light of the recent cornice/parapet wall collapse at Northeastern University thi...

Newtown is ready to help existing businesses expand and provide assistance to new companies

Recent economic activity in Newtown is encouraging and the Economic Development Commission and I are optimistic for business expansion in Ne...