Beyond the Façade
What’s driving post-recession conversion projects?
Across all property sectors, users and developers are eyeing urban locations.
Redevelopment
Re-Useful
Creativity and market knowledge help CCIMs transform these obsolete properties.
Repurposing an old property demands creativity, especially in a climate where reluctant buyers, frozen credit markets, and rigid zoning regulations can immobilize even the most vital projects.
Evaluating Brownfield Properties
Here’s what to look for when tackling this redevelopment niche.
It is impossible to present a universal brownfield redevelopment formula because every brownfield site is unique.
Hidden Treasures
CCIMs help communities strike it rich through brownfield redevelopment.
What was once an unusable chunk of Bethlehem, Pa.'s taxable land base is under redevelopment to become the Bethlehem Commerce Center, which is ex
Redevelopment Done Right
Discover how several CCIMs transformed old properties into attractive investments.
Visualizing a historic bank rehabbed as a luxury condominium building, a shuttered mill as a mixed-use development, or an abandoned big-box space divi
Destination: Downtown
Cities Large and Small Are Using Various Strategies to Redevelop Their CBDs.
Across the country, downtowns of all sizes are undergoing transformations.
Thinking Outside the Box
Shop for Creative Approaches to Big-Box Redevelopment.
They once may have been superstores, category killers, or simply the biggest new store for miles around. But now they’re just empty.
Demanding Deals
Challenging Situations Call for Savvy Strategies to Put Properties Back to Work.
Commercial real estate poses myriad challenges for brokers, developers, leasing agents, and property managers who must contend with market fluctuations, supply-and-deman
Buying Into Brownfields
Developers Are Rediscovering These Once-Overlooked Properties.
Redevelopment is a major thrust in the world of commercial real estate for many reasons.
Everything Old Is New Again
Adaptive Reuse Gives Properties a Second Lease on Life.
Modern commercial real estate abounds with restrictive-development guidelines such as land-use policies and urban growth boundaries intended to protect farmland and open
