By Robert Bach, Grubb & Ellis Co.

The economy may be downshifting, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at the commercial real estate investment market.

By Tom Didio, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler

If you are an apartment developer in possession of a quality site with full approvals in shovel-ready condition, there will be a host of options available to you to get the project underway. The capital markets are flush with cash for well-conceived projects, experienced sponsors and strong supportable returns.

Source: Real Capital Analytics Inc.

By Jonathan Morris, Jones Lang LaSalle

Much has been written about the heroic rebound of REIT share prices since the dark days of spring 2009. REIT executives watched in shock as their stocks were at prices lower than they had been in decades. In response, enormous amounts of equity was raised, share prices rallied and REITs were quickly back in favor, executing significant transactions and generally getting busy quickly.

It was a long holiday weekend in the United States, but across the Atlantic, Euro-bureaucrats and -bankers were at work trying to keep Greece from defaulting on its debts and thus doing some kind of unpredictable harm to the euro.

The property encompasses 14 acres and 750,000 square feet along with an adjacent parking structure.

The National Multi Housing Council and National Apartment Association told Congress that thousands of construction jobs could be in jeopardy, as well as revenues that could be generated for the federal government.

Shekar Narasimhan discusses how the GSEs benefit the rental housing market, whether privatization is a viable alternative and the risks of not finding a solution quickly.

CPE’s inaugural guest column features Donna Jarmusz of Alter+Care, discussing the potential impact of healthcare reform on medical real estate. Look for upcoming guest columns in the In Focus section of our homepage.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the most ambitious undertaking in the American medical field since Medicare’s highly controversial passage in 1965. Alter+Care senior vice president Donna Jarmusz discusses its implications for real estate.