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May 01, 2010
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CRE Recovery? or Reinstatement of the Bubble?
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The commercial real estate industry has begun to rumble with talk of recovery. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average spiking over 11,000 for the first time in 17 monhts, unemployement notching downward and consumer confidence tentatively on the rise, it may seem as though the market has at least hit bottom.
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Apr 28, 2010
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Stan Johnson Sells CVS Portfolio for $62.7M
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Stan Johnson Co. negotiated the sale of a 20-property CVS portfolio to a private investor for $62.7 million. The portfolio encompasses CVS/pharmacies totaling 248,000 square feet and located throughout Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. Jeff Hughes and Brandon Duff, of Stan Johnson Co., represented both parties in the transaction
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Mar 01, 2010
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Medical Office check-Up
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Outpatient facilities provide investors with great opportunities for reliable returns. Investors aren't waiting for the outcome of the healthcare debate before they inject their capital into the medical real estate sector. After a year of inactivity, hospitals are expanding again and investors are realizing that demand for medical office space, by most measures, is inexhaustible.
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Feb 01, 2010
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Triple Net Leases Regain Invesotor's Trust
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As with all retail real estate investment sales, deal volume in the triple-net-lease market slipped drastically in 2009. Yet the triple-nets — so named because tenants pay the three “nets”: estate taxes, building insurance and maintenance — have been considered the one relatively bright spot on retail investors’ radar screens.
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Aug 04, 2009
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Net Lease Players Thinking Small to Get Deals Done
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While the net-lease investment market remains sluggish in the face of the lingering economic uncertainty, buyers and sellers still looking to make deals are finding it necessary to adapt their strategy. For some, that means simply making fewer moves. But others have been able to stay active by setting their sights on smaller deals.
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Jul 20, 2009
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Stan Johnson on Net Lease Investment - CPN Radio
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Q & A with Stan Johnson as he addresses the biggest changes to net lease investment in the current economy, the change of buyers in the market, ways deals are getting financed, tenant risks and more in a July radio spot on CPN Radio.
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May 21, 2009
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Net Lease Property Sales Pick Up
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Although the market is still very much in low gear, several net lease market specialists are reporting a recent increase in sales activity. Locally based brokerage Stan Johnson Co., for one, reports that it closed just three deals in January and February but that that number shot up to 14 for March and April.
Steady improvement in the last three to four months, and particularly the last three to four weeks, has been a welcome development, says Stan Johnson Co. executive managing director Harold Briggs. ?We are seeing an uptick and that's encouraging.
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May 01, 2009
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Five-Year Loan Terms Now Reality Under TALF
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On Friday the Federal Reserve Bank formally welcomed commercial real estate-backed loans and securities into the TALF--or Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility--program. It also, after an intense lobbying campaign by such industry organizations as the Real Estate Roundtable, authorized TALF loans with maturities of five years, up from the current three-year term.
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