Tweet I consider myself to be fairly competent in matters concerning retail commercial real estate. It is a rare occasion when I am completely unable to grasp even a basic understanding of a concept or characteristic relating to any particular property. Today I find myself in exactly this position. The graph below has me completely [...]
Tweet I recently received a marketing email for a vacant restaurant building in Las Vegas. The very first “selling point” was as follows: FDIC Owned! I see these type of statements all the time now and I just wanted to make a few comments on the matter. My question is simply this: Why does the [...]
Tweet Fresh & Easy has announced that they are closing 13 stores in the Las Vegas (6 closings), Phoenix (6 closings) and Inland Empire (1 closing) markets. This represents about 8% of the 168 total Fresh & Easy stores. I guess its a good sign that they are willing to pull the plug on underperforming [...]
Tweet I was just looking through the list of the 145 stores in which Blockbuster will be cancelling leases and closing as an initial step in their bankruptcy process. The list shows the monthly rent for each of these locations. A few of the rental figures caught my attention as being inordinately high and I [...]
Tweet I just read an article at GlobeSt.com entitled Fund Steers Small Investors to Triple-Net which covers a new “hedge fund” run by Iridium Capital, a new company based in New York City. I was skeptical about the quality of the so-called “fund” as soon as I started reading the article. It seemed to me [...]
Tweet This is my first post in a very long time. The only reason I am posting today is because I didn’t really have to do anything to put this post up. The following analysis is from an email I just received breaking down a recently listed retail center. Needless to say, the property is [...]
Tweet Filed under Another Tech Takedown: From Zero Hedge: Movie Gallery’s Chapter 22 just turned into a 7. The WSJ reports that the firm has decided to shutter all of its 2,415 stores and liquidate completely. Previously, the bankrupt movie rental chain had hoped to continue operating with a trimmed down asset base, and close [...]
Tweet This is just a quick opinion on the role assumable financing plays in the value of an investment property. It is very interesting that many properties are marketed with the assumable financing being a major benefit, when many times it really is more of a detriment or unattractive. Even worse is that some sellers [...]
Tweet I just noticed this just published press release with a sole purpose of announcing the promotion of a CRE broker at a local CRE brokerage company from Vice President to Senior Vice President. I have already posted my thoughts on titles at CRE brokerages. Needless to say, I think they are meaningless.