Property Management 101 – Develop a System

My colleague and I recently completed our yearly Marketing and Advertising Review, and it opened our eyes to a few needs that had developed over the course of the year. While we do meet at the beginning of each month to discuss the monthly advertising statistics and the status of the
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Expanding Sabal Financial Group Acquires $212 Million Loan Portfolio

Expanding Sabal Financial Group Acquires $ 212 Million Loan Portfolio National Real Estate Investor
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Market Trend: South Florida’s Retail Vacancy Decreases to 6.6%

The South Florida retail market did not experience much change in market conditions in the second quarter 2011. The vacancy rate went from 6.7% in the previous quarter to 6.6% in the current quarter. Net absorption was positive 361,375 square feet, and vacant sublease space increased
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How To Serve A Section 21 Notice

Serving a Section 21 Notice can be a challenge for any landlord who handles all the formalities associated with letting a property. Notices are problematic because they rely on technicalities that must be closely respected to avoid possession proceedings issues. Real-Estate:Property-M
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New IEA head brings people skills, Middle East expertise (Reuters)

Reuters – The burden of oil on a broken world economy and damaged ties with OPEC will be major challenges for Dutch politician and former teacher Maria van der Hoeven when she takes over as head of the International Energy Agency on September 1. Yahoo! News: Business News
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In The Pipeline: Construction and Development News for Aug. 14 – 20

In The Pipeline is a column on significant commercial real estate land sales, transactions and trends affecting office, industrial, flex, multifamily, mixed-use, hotel and public works developers. Send us news leads about your new project — and sign up to be added to our distrib
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Grubb & Ellis Sells Daymark; Exits Tenant-in-Common Business

Grubb & Ellis Co. has sold it Daymark Realty Advisors Inc., to a joint venture entity controlled by Sovereign Capital Management Group and Infinity Urban Century, an investment affiliate of The Infinity Group for an undisclosed price. Grubb & Ellis has exited the tenant-in-c
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Lease Up: Novo Nordisk, Netflix, Nautilus, PwC, Franklin Elec. All Building New HQs

By: Randyl Drummer Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk Inc., and a joint venture led by Ivy Equities and LCOR in partnership with Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., announced a $ 215 million project to redevelop a 770,000-square-foot office building in the Princeton Forrestal
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S&P Credit Rating Downgrade’s Impact on Commercial Real Estate

While S&P’s debt rating downgrade for the U.S. may not have come as a total surprise to investors, it’s important to understand the specific rationale the ratings firm cited for the downgrade, and perhaps more importantly, to understand what was not part of the reason for t
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Google Leases Another 715,500 Square Feet In Silicon Valley

Google, Inc., which announced the largest acquisition in its history Monday with the proposed $ 12.5 billion deal to purchase Motorola’s cell phone business, has executed a long-term lease to occupy about 715,500 square feet of office space at the Technology Corners office campus in S
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