As the retail real estate industry transforms in the wake of the recession, mall and shopping center owners are building relationships with the kinds of tenants they might have ignored five or ten years ago. For instance…

The upside to mobile home park investment increases as the mobile home park industry hits an all time low. As communities fight to keep mobile home parks from developing within their boundaries, existing parks have become more valuable because of the barriers to entry.

I have had some interesting conversations with property owners lately about whether they should sell now or wait. One of the unintended consequences of waiting until next year will be the tax rates sellers will have to deal with.

On May 5, 2010, I was lucky enough to join the CCIM Institute, Louisiana CCIM, and IREM Chapter 55 representatives in conjunction with Louisiana REALTORS® in our descent onto Capitol Hill to meet with our Congressmen and Senators to discuss pertinent issues affecting our commercial real estate markets, clients, and interests.

The House of Representatives appears set next week to vote on a tax measure that could hurt the commercial real estate industry just as it is trying to emerge from the worst recession for decades…

Arcco Power Systems, a north Baton Rouge company that sells and distributes power generators, closed today on a portion of the Mitsubishi dealership located at Interstate 12 and Airline Highway in a deal brokered by Carmen Austin, CCIM with Saurage Commercial Real Estate…

The darkest cloud over the economic recovery — the troubled commercial real estate market — may be clearing….

In the world of commercial real estate, the relationship between a business and a landlord is defined by long-term lease arrangements, which often lack the inherent flexibility required for an enterprise to achieve its mission….