Leadership Roundtable: The Real Estate Industry & the CRE Organization

Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 2 Abstract: While the three Counselors who are in line to serve as CRE Chairman of the Board have many decades of experience in the real estate industry among them, each possesses a unique perspective on the many issues we face today, including development, investment and appraisal. How are these… Read more

Resource Review: Living Into Leadership: A Journey in Ethics

Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 2 Abstract: This moving book of inspiration contains a series of stories that provide a snapshot of real estate icon Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy, CRE, a man who has the courage required to be honest with himself and with those around him, and how this honesty paid handsomely by always… Read more

Resource Review: Markets & Institutions in Real Estate & Construction

Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 2 Abstract: The globalization of real estate investing is a growing trend, one that requires all of us to broaden our understanding of overseas markets. Michael Ball, a professor of property economics and urban studies at the University of Reading (located west of London), produces an analysis on property markets across… Read more

Insider’s Perspective: What Is Driving the Change in the U.K. Retail Market?

Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 2 Abstract: The retail market in the United Kingdom is undergoing dramatic change, bringing about a major restructuring. The result of this change is closed stores, along with banks and other investors taking a cautious approach when investing in the retail market. This article draws, in the mind of the reader,… Read more

Commercial Real Estate Derivatives: The Developing U.S. Market

Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 2 Absract: Over the past decade, U.S. institutional real estate has evolved into a dynamic, more widely accepted mainstream asset class. The securitization revolution of the 1990s helped produce today’s robust public real estate investment trust (REIT) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) markets. The commercial property derivatives market continues to evolve,… Read more

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Insider’s Perspective: Comments on the Probability of Rezoning

Fall 2007, Vol. 32, No. 2 features Abstract: Does the probability of rezoning lead to a flawed rezoning process? Do the barriers presented by the concept of legal permissibility violate the perfectly competitive conditions of the market? As a companion article to “Comments on the Concept and Definition of Highest and Best Use,” which appeared in the Spring 2007 edition of Real Estate Issues, this perspective discusses how the... Read More

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