Real Estate Issues articles from March 2002

Real Estate Issues archives from March 2002

About The Counselors of Real Estate[TM].(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... The Counselors of Real Estate, established in 1953, is an international group of high profile professionals including members of prominent real estate, financial, legal and accounting firms as well as leaders of government and academia who...

Editor's statement.
March 22, 2002... As the adage goes, "All good things must come to an end." And so, it is with regret I announce that Faye Porter, managing editor, has decided to end her tenure with Real Estate Issues, after an almost 12-year affiliation with The Counselors. It...

Palazzolo v. Rhode Island: recent developments in eminent domain.
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION The inherent right of the U.S. government to take private property is acknowledged in the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that "private property [shall not] be taken for public use without just...

Real estate prospects post-9/11.(Industry Overview)
March 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Six months after the events of September 11, 2001, we are beginning to see the dim outlines of longer-term trends affecting American real estate. In some cases they are different from what had been predicted in the immediate...

An introduction to strategic facilities planning.
March 22, 2002... WHAT IS STRATEGIC FACILITIES PLANNING? For many corporations and organizations, the first reaction to any perceived facilities need is to hire an architect or a design-build contractor. However, the design skills that architects offer are...

Lawyer-broker collaboration in commercial real estate lease transactions.
March 22, 2002... A sea change has occurred over the last 15 years in the approach to real estate taken by large, publicly owned businesses in the United States. Companies with large-scale needs for office and industrial real estate have generally shifted from...

The insurance industry after 9/11: planning for the future.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Throughout the insurance industry, it is not business as usual. The attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, sent shock waves through society and the business community that will significantly impact the availability and cost of...

Hidden treasures & hidden traps: a new meaning to due diligence after January 2002 & how to make the most of the bottom-line benefits of brownfield tax treatment & accounting.
March 22, 2002... For Sale: 2000 gallons of paint - various colors. Will throw in six acres of land for free... The brownfield laws enacted during the last decade are not enough to make this an appealing offer to any but the most daring or determined. In...

Why the emerging economy will mean more systemic risk in real estate lending.(Industry Overview)
March 22, 2002... Despite the recession--albeit a very weak one so far--along with the recent jump in security concerns, the economic world continues to evolve into something that, in time, will differ substantially in certain important respects from what it...

CRE perspective: complexity in the federal income tax law.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... An issue that arises at tax time is the constant barrage of complaints as to the complexity, involvement, and inter-workings of the federal income tax law. We often refer to this law as the "Code," referencing 26 U.S. Code Annotated, which is...

Focus on the economy: the public policy piece of the economics puzzle. (Insider's Perspective).
March 22, 2002... There once was a barroom prohibition against discussions of religion or politics--a rule no doubt instituted for the protection of both the inventory and the real estate. The pages of Real Estate Issues are a more sober context, though, and I...

Focus on investment conditions: investment prospects still bleak, but hope is on the horizon. (Insider's Perspective).
March 22, 2002... If the fall of the tech sector, the September 11 terrorist attacks, and the decline stock and bond markets weren't enough, now investors have to deal with doubt associated with the financial scandals accompanying industry giants like Enron,...

Focus on office markets: record office rent declines recorded in 2001. (Insider's Perspective).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... On the tail end of double-digit rent growth in 2000, office rents declined at a record pace in 2001. The TW Office Rent Index retreated to levels seen at the end of 1999 (or 1998 levels when accounting for inflation). This decline constituted a...

Focus on the markets: challenges & opportunities mark real estate sector. (Insider's Perspective).
March 22, 2002... Even though the national real estate market maintained equilibrium throughout most of the 1990s, the sudden slump the national economy underwent in 2001 has placed significant stress on many segments of the real estate market. As a result, the...

Bowling alone. (Resource Review).
March 22, 2002... Bowen H. "Buzz" McCoy By Robert D. Putnam Simon & Schuster, (C) 2000 541 pages Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard and president of the American Political Science Association, chose the rather flip...