Spotlights

Strategic partner during the preconstruction phase: Columbia helps meet sustainable goals

Early collaboration between Columbia's preconstruction team, the owner, and the A/E team has resulted in many of our clients meeting, and in...

Market has opened up opportunities for savvy investors to pursue previously unavailable product

I was recently speaking to a real estate investor with money to spend who was bemoaning the lack of opportunities in the Rhode Island and so...

Downward pressure on asking rents and increased demands from tenants for landlord concessions

Downtown Downtown Providence enjoyed positive absorption and a slight increase in rents in the initial two quarters of the year. The Capit...

The next six months are a critical time in which to help restore consumer confidence in the market

It is difficult to be the New Hampshire "expert" for the New England Real Estate Journal's Fall Preview when the markets are in such turmoil...

Boston multi-family market is better than others nationally; good future for resourceful buyers

In the wake of what has been happening in markets over the past several weeks, the article I thought I was writing seemed irrelevant. Here a...

The fundamentals of multi family properties as an investment are still very strong

Although the first two weeks of October were tough on the financial markets activity in the multi family market is beginning to heat up once...

New historic tax credit opportunities will help shape Maine's commercial RE market in 2009

These old buildings do not belong to us only, they belong to our forefathers and they will belong to our descendants unless we play them fal...

Attn. owners and investors; hotels have not experienced a downfall in operating performance

Hotel brokers across the country are rejoicing that they finally have enough time to fish, swim and play golf. Their golf handicaps are down...

Who wins in this environment? Anyone with money, and right now health care REITs are at the top

The following was taken from an article in the October 2008 issue of "The SeniorCare Investor" regarding the financial crisis on Wall St. W...

What are CAP rates for golf courses? A simple reply will not suffice in today's market

Turbulent times like the one we're in today require a higher degree of well-founded market based information so that decision makers can res...