Go South, Young Men (and Women…) Key Investment Considerations in Latin America
Fall 2011, Vol. 36, No. 2 Abstract: As the demand for international real estate development and investment continues to accelerate, Latin America is rapidly becoming an attractive alternative to more traditionally popular international markets such as China, India and Eastern Europe. Strong economic fundamentals and a rapidly growing middle class are driving demand for all types… Read more
“As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?” —Lyndon B. Johnson (Editor’s Note)
Volume 36, Number 2 Originally Published: Fall 2011 By Peter C. Burley, CRE In the late 1960s, in the middle of the cold war, I was fortunate to join a small group of about a dozen high school students from The Bay Area, New York and Chicago on a summer tour of the Soviet Union… Read more
Dispute Resolution for All Counselors? A New Way of Looking at Our Business
Spring 2011, Vol. 36, No. 1 features Abstract: As American business is faced with a more litigious environment and the cost of litigation has soared, more interest is being shown in Alternative Dispute Resolution and mediation. In this article, the authors discuss how the counselor may add this component to the practice of real estate… Read more
LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE: Stepping Up the Game to Bring More Sophistication to Counseling in an Expanding, Shifting Market
Volume 31, Number 1 Spring 2011 Panelists: John J. Leary 2011 CRE Chair of the Board President, Leary Counseling and Valuation, Inc. New Haven, Conn. Arthur P. Pasquarella 2010 CRE Chair of the Board Executive Vice President, COO, BPG Properties, Ltd. Philadelphia, Pa. Kenneth P. Riggs, Jr. 2011 CRE First Vice Chair President, CEO, Real… Read more
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 companies and the conversion of American investment banks from private partnerships to public... Read More