WASHINGTON (AP) — Frustrated Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday warned top airline executives to improve customer services or face congressional intervention after a passenger was dragged from a United Airlines flight in an incident the company’s chief executive called a ...
Read More »Owen Rouse Jr.: Reuse, replace, renew
The anniversary of the War of 1812 reminds us that Baltimore is not a young city. Infrastructure is aging in place, offering more opportunities to identify properties for adaptive re-uses and to begin the recycling process from old to new, ...
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Read More »Owen Rouse Jr.: Who Moved My Core?
The Exelon headquarters site selection choice seems to have surprised the pundits and prompted heckles from politicians with downtown constituents. Shock, dismay and “woe is me,” seem to be the sentiment. But if you looked closely, you could have seen ...
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Read More »Owen Rouse Jr.: The tide turns for city real estate
Here’s the good news: The commercial real estate outlook for Baltimore City is improving. Here’s the better news: The momentum is likely to keep building. Office New owners with a well-defined (and broker-friendly) process to add tenants, combined with the ...
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Read More »Peering into commercial real estate’s crystal ball
The heartbeat of commercial real estate began to beat back to life in 2010, after essentially flatlining in 2009. Some notable office and industrial leases were inked and the hum of the BRAC spool-up emerged in Anne Arundel and Harford ...
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Read More »What it takes to make a commercial real estate deal
Real estate transactions by nature pose a number of challenges — some which must be dealt with one at a time and some that must be handled simultaneously. Some discussions may revolve around legal technicalities, title machinations, or ownership structure ...
Read More »Real estate indicators can offer insights into the economic cycle
Double dip? Trickle up? Jobless recovery? Confusion and uncertainty are the sidecar buzzwords that seem to describe the current state of the economy. What are the signs that we actually may have turned the corner? I see two categories of ...
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Read More »BRAC influx more than just a real estate opportunity for Md.
At a recent groundbreaking ceremony, I realized that central Maryland features a lot of intelligence in a very tight geography. I do not mean there are a lot of Mensa members here (although there, undoubtedly, are quite a few); rather, ...
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Read More »There is an overlooked art to due diligence in commercial real estate
Title and survey? Check. Environmental report? Check. Reconciled operating statements, 12 months trailing? Check. Rent roll, certified by the seller? Check. All of these items and many others are part of necessary due diligence associated with buying a property. Much ...
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Read More »Distressed real estate investing more complicated than you think
With all the talk about loan foreclosures, no refinance money available and banks firming up their real estate-owned departments, many investors are considering jumping into the distressed asset investing game. While opportunities, no doubt, will show themselves, investing in distressed ...
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