Institutional Investment
Special Report: Commercial Mortgages Returned 4.7% for Life Companies, Pension Funds in 2012
Life companies and pension funds increased their market share of commercial property financing last year despite ongoing industry deleveraging, according to the Giliberto-Levy Commercial Performance Index, and the mortgage loans yielded a total return of 4.7 percent for the institutions in 2012. …
SPECIAL REPORT: MBA Predicts M-F Funding Market Share May Fall Slightly in 2013
Mortgage originations for commercial properties will increase by 11 percent in 2013, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) forecasted. Multifamily financing may tick down this year as capital supply to the other commercial real estate sectors make a comeback.…
SPECIAL REPORT: Liquidity Returns to Commercial Real Estate
The commercial real estate financing industry cautiously greeted the rapid return of liquidity into the sector during the Mortgage Bankers Association’s 2013 Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo. …
ULI Special Report: JLL Bullish on Capital Availability
Equity capital is flowing into core, well-located Class A real estate assets, hindered to a large extent by transaction availability, according to Jones Lang LaSalle Capital Markets group findings being announced today during the Urban Land Institute Fall Meeting. …
On Demand WEBCAST: Finding, Identifying and Investing in Commercial Real Estate Opportunities in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
Join us in this webinar to learn about investing in smaller commercial real estate markets across the U.S. today.…
The Outlook for Investing in Secondary and Tertiary Markets
Key takeaways from the recent MHN-CPE webinar “Secondary and Tertiary Markets: Identifying, Finding and Investing in Commercial Real Estate Opportunities.”…
Apartment Trust of America Gets $537M Recap, New Name
The recapitalization included the investors' contribution of a 21-property portfolio encompassing 6,100 apartment units valued at $485 million. For its part, ATA handed over $187 million of partnership interests in its operation partnership.…
Hillwood-Brookfield JV Buys 1.6 MSF at Memphis Distribution Center
Hillwood Investment Properties and Brookfield Asset Management teamed up to acquire five Class A industrial buildings in Southpark Distribution Center in Memphis. …
Compatriot Capital Expands M-F Presence with JLB Investment
Compatriot Capital Inc. has taken a significant step in its 10-year business plan through a new deal with national multi-family developer JLB Partners L.L.C. …
Cassidy Turley: CRE Recovery a Tale of Two Markets
In a year where the U.S. economy remains “stuck in a slow growth gear,” commercial real estate recovery is uneven and there are very clear winners and losers, according to Cassidy Turley chief economist Kevin Thorpe.…
