National Real Estate Investor

Norwood, Ohio lost 4,000 jobs and gained an empty industrial site back in 1987 when GM left town. "In the long run, it was the best thing that ever happened," says Mayor Tom Williams.

The newly passed stimulus bill's sustainability elements are blessings for green builders and environmentalists. As far as commercial property owners are concerned, however, those elements may be seen as too much work for little benefit.

Many mixed-use projects have been popping up recently in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Many say this trend is fueled mainly by a population influx of New Orleans evacuees and new development incentives.

Experts speculate that as record amounts of investment continue to pour into the commercial real estate industry, infrastructure represents the next big frontier for real estate investors.

Federal regulators have cleared two national banks to develop office and hotel properties -- actions long barred by the Treasury Department. What does this imply for the development environment?

North America's mega mall is migrating northward, with the largest new retail project in North America planned near Montreal.

In what could be the largest single shopping center portfolio offer in history, CalPERS is selling 92 properties with a value of $2.8 billion.

Chicago's recently-opened Millennium Park has transformed Chicago's East Loop into a thriving (and profitable) neighborhood.

Alter Group's 2 million sq. ft. development, nation's largest ever on Native American Land, is expected to create up to 15,000 new jobs.

Mixed-use projects get a lukewarm review in comparison to the financial rewards from conventional projects.

Real estate developers are beginning to realize the inherent benefits in sustainable development.

A closed Denver hotel will be reinvented at a mixed use project as part of an "urban village" along the edge of downtown.

Wal-Mart builds a 3-story store inside a vacant department store at an enclosed mall in a dense Los Angeles neighborhood.

Developers are finding that with economic incentives, brownfield sites in highly desirable urban infill areas are cheaper than comparable non-polluted properties.

Luring suburban residents back to the city is at the heart of the St. Louis effort to rejuvenate downtown.

The contrasting success of the Merrick Park and Bal Harbour luxury malls in Miami's surburbs are a reminder of the importance of neighborhoods.

Design-build, for years considered the 'Tinker Toy' division, is rapidly transforming the commercial construction industry.

London, Tokyo and Paris beat out New York as the priciest places to lease office space.

Competition for tax credits and incentives are turning yesterday's gray, boxy apartment into eye-catching mixed-use facilities.

Lewis Mumford famously dismissed Los Angeles as '100 suburbs in search of a city'. Has Los Angeles finally found its city?