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REIS offers a primer on eminent domain and introduces the landmark Supreme Court case, "Kelo versus the City of New London."

Low mortgage costs and high home prices have launched a rash of condo conversions--a new trend that's bound to continue.

As the suburbs have developed into new exurban modes, there remains nostalgia for the old town-center grid. Lifestyle centers seem to be an expression of that sentiment.

Can aging greyfield sites be converted into mixed-use developments, moving from a horizontal retail structure into a vertical medley, with office and residential components?

The sale of the G.M. Building at 767 Fifth Avenue will go down as the most ever paid for a US office building.

Reiscast interviews William Hudnut on the prospects of urban revitalization, based today's economic environment and demographic changes.

The sprawling 420,000-square-foot shopping destination known as Geneva Commons is the latest prototype of the lifestyle center.

Middle Eastern investors are pouring more money into U.S. commercial real estate, even as anti-American sentiment runs high.

Though biotech has been touted as the next wave to shrink the vacancy gap left in the dot-com wake, a prolonged look reveals this sector to be an entirely different order of life...

The country's largest shopping center operator has lined up another ally to control public shareholders of the Bloomfield Hills mall developer.

As real-estate investment trusts wind up their second year of deteriorating markets and dwindling rents, investors are asking: How much more financial stress can REITs withstand?

Danger lies in the potential roll out of a new Walmart convenience-store (C-store) prototype.

Two real-estate firms are showing a strong vote of confidence that demand for commercial real estate will continue to grow.

It's often said that real estate doesn't react to the stock market in sync with other sectors. That has held true -- until now.

The apocalyptic decree that 50% of America's 1,500 malls would go dark by the new millennium resulted in few fatalities. Ironically, in fact, the doom gave way to a boom...

The continuing tech recession has clearly devastated some of the priciest real estate markets in the nation, from San Jose to suburban Boston.

Mortgage real-estate investment trusts have been on a tear over the past two years, posting explosive double-digit returns. And the party isn't over just yet...

The shopping center sector is entering its third phase of consolidation, with investors gunning for strip centers and B-C malls.

Despite Seattle's problems, the city -- and particularly its downtown -- still looks to be a pretty good bet, writes Joel Kotkin.

REIS, Inc. reports on the Los Angeles retail market in light of secession.