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Nothing helps business confidence more than five consecutive quarters of profit.

NEW YORK CITY-Angelo, Gordon's Whiting says that more of these projects are starting to get done.

NEW YORK CITY-The accounting changes won't help increase transparency in the industry, says CapLease's Paul McDowell,

NEW YORK CITY-rising interest rates and debt levels on the state and federal levels are also of concern, says CNL's Thomas Sittema.

NEW YORK CITY-Jeff Hughes of the Stan Johnson Co. discusses why investors find these types of assets attractive.

NEW YORK CITY-And they're ready to spend it on net lease properties, says Calkain Cos.' president and CEO Jonathan Hipp.

But the property sector has changed dramatically.

NEW YORK CITY-Companies are now flush with capital, says Howard Sands of Corporate Capital Partners Group.

NEW YORK CITY-Buying to suit can be a lower cost alternative to build to suit, says W.P. Carey's Bathmaier.

NEW YORK CITY-That way these tenants can actually afford to pay the rent, says Sidney Domb of United Trust Fund.

NEW YORK CITY-If investors aren't careful, we could get back into the same situation we were in before the recession, says CGA Capital's Gore.

Panic Elsewhere Could Spell Opportunity for Commercial Real Estate

Real estate owners and investors need to be prepared for economic stagnation — if not a contraction — over the next several months.

The U.S. debt downgrade and the bumpy road of attempted resolutions to the European debt crisis have cast a cloud of uncertainty on the global economy but failed to tip the U.S. recovery. Amid the clouds of fear and uncertainty, fundamental economic activity has proven to be quite resilient as evidenced by the string of better-than-expected economic readings since August’s onset of financial-market turmoil and the roller coaster ride in Europe. …

NEW YORK CITY-Predictions for the holiday retail-sales season are all over the place as usual, but according to Faith Hope Consolo, we can expect good things this year.

NEW YORK CITY-Hidrock Realty's Abie Hidary weighs in on the current investment market with GlobeSt.com's Ian Ritter at the firm's headquarters.

Despite recent spike in rates, bottoming market conditions and an improving economy point to a once-in-a-decade investment opportunity.

'The deals everyone is chasing are the distressed assets--how do I get the big value play?,' says Kaufman.

'If you just take the banks and the CMBS markets, there is a tremendous amount of product available,' says the firm's vice chairman, Ed Indvik.

Despite the recent spike, low interest rates are still a positive force for CRE investors.