RESOURCE REVIEW: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: In this review of The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (which remains a bestseller) by Michael Lewis, CRE William P.J. McCarthy gives a big thumbs up to the author, referring to him as a “brilliant chronicler of business affairs,” in his story about what occurred on Wall Street… Read more

Monasteries, Mutuals and Investment Banks

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: Henry VIII’s dissolution of the English monasteries in the early 16th century and the expropriation of their wealth has odd parallels to some modern developments in American banking and finance. In this article, the author looks at how the large scale conversions of mutual savings institutions to publicly owned… Read more

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Reverse Mortgages: Should the Elderly and U.S. Taxpayers Beware?

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: Reverse mortgages are becoming popular in America, and although they are only a small niche in the multi-trillion dollar banking industry, they have begun to attract the interest of banks, mortgage brokers, insurance companies, and Wall Street investors who are looking for new profit centers in the wake of… Read more

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Creative Counseling: Preserving the Hawaii Opera Theatre

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: In May 2010, Karen Char, CRE, president, John Child & Company, Inc. and Christine Camp, CRE, president and CEO of Avalon Group, LLC, both of Honolulu, were honored by The Counselors of Real Estate® with the 2010 James Felt Creative Counseling Award for their work developing and implementing a… Read more

The Value Proposition of Sustainability: It’s in the Eye of the Beholder

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: With the continued advancement of sustainability initiatives, both mandated and voluntary, has come the rise of differing sustainability priorities and measures of success attributed to the same asset by various stakeholders. The quandary for an asset owner then becomes how best to address these varying value propositions for maximized… Read more

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Demand for Warehouse and Distribution Center Space

Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 Abstract: From 1990–1995, the analysis of warehouse and distribution center space came into its own in real estate literature. Previously, warehouse space was considered a component of industrial demand, along with production facilities. In this article, the authors present a review of the literature by focusing on the demand determinants as well as current thinking about the demand for this space and its market.... Read More

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