REVIEW: Inside Out: Building a Glass House in Russia 

Volume 39, Number 2 Fall 2014 By Mary Bujold, CRE Inside Out: Building a Glass House in Russia is the memoir of Glenn Williamson’s time in Russia as a real estate project manager for Walton Development out of Chicago. Walton had developed one office building in Warsaw and had started another in the early 1990s… Read more

REVIEW: The Advisor’s Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investment

Fall 2014, Vol. 39, No. 2 Abstract: Investment advisors now have an important new resource to help them demystify commercial real estate investing for clients. This book, which reviewer Charles Schilke believes is a “must have” for your library, explains dozens of topics including property types, portfolio management, private equity funds, REITs, public real estate, and… Read more

REVIEW: Planning Chicago

Fall 2014, Vol. 39, No. 2 Abstract: Authors D. Bradford Hunt, Ph.D., and Jon B. DeVries, CRE, discuss the history of planning for Chicago, and show where opportunities may be missed because the city no longer plans on a regional scale—but much more so on a political scale. Reviewer Barton DeLacy calls this book a “seminal… Read more

Leases: A Ticking Time Bomb in Your Company’s Merger?

Volume 39, Number 2 Fall 2014 By Richard E. Strauss, Esq. Introduction When buying or selling a business, there will likely be real estate tenant leases that are part of the business assets. If these leases are important to the business, their assignment to the buyer may be essential to the transaction. For example, the… Read more

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The Changing Face/Space of Parking: Impact on Commercial Real Estate

Volume 39, Number 2 Fall 2014 By William ‘Ted’ Anglyn, CRE, MAI, CCIM Photo: adike/Shutterstock.com Parking represents an evolving $30 billion1 commercial real estate industry that is far more dynamic than perceived by most real estate professionals. Many real estate professionals see the parking industry as static, requiring little thought or attention. Still more believe… Read more

Collaborative Valuation: When Equipment and Real Estate Intersect

Volume 39, Number 2 Fall 2014 By Park R. Johnson, MBA, ASA, MRICS Appraisers Share Values It might be said within the valuation community what has long been remarked about the English and the Americans: two peoples can be separated by a common language. Indeed all the appraisal disciplines, whether real or personal property or business and intangible asset valuation, share the same pedagogy; yet so often the shared concepts differ in... Read More

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