Optimism Rings in 2010

Optimism Rings in 2010By: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMAh, nothing like a little optimism to end the year. Behringer Harvard, a large REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) has completed the acquisition of The Calypso Apartments and Lofts. The Calypso is a 177 Unit apartment complex in the city of Irvine, originally built as for-sale condominiums by … Continue reading Optimism Rings in 2010 →

Can’t Figure Out the Commercial Real Estate Market, Take a Look at The Yankees

Can’t Figure Out the Commercial Real Estate Market, Take a Look At The YankeesBY: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMMajor League Baseball. Although it is still America’s National Pastime, our country’s oldest organized, professional sport is a big business. A huge business for that matter, one with hundreds of millions of dollars spent to retool and revamp … Continue reading Can’t Figure Out the Commercial Real Estate Market, Take a Look at The Yankees →

Good News for 2010!

Good News for 2010BY: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMAnil Puri, Dean of the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics at CSUF predicts that approximately 10,000 new Orange County jobs will be added in 2010. Though not as substantial as the 58,000 jobs lost this year or 38,000 lost in 2008, the idea of a halt in … Continue reading Good News for 2010! →

In Tough Times, Landlords and Tenants Both Looking to Get More For Their Money

In Tough Times, Landlords and Tenants Both Looking to Get More For Their MoneyBy: Nicholas A. Dunlap, CPMWith multi-family vacancy rates and California’s unemployment rate simultaneously reaching recent highs, it is important for multi-family owners and operators to consider a new look for their apartment homes or be forced to decrease rents far lower than … Continue reading In Tough Times, Landlords and Tenants Both Looking to Get More For Their Money →

Apartments, Industrial: Better Than the Rest

A study released this week by the CCIM Institute rated multi-family housing and industrial real estate as safer real estate investments than either hotel, retail or office properties. While there has been a general slowdown in commercial real estate activity, multi-family and industrial property types were rated at 5.1 and 4. 3 respectively on a … Continue reading Apartments, Industrial: Better Than the Rest →