NEW YORK CITY-The office of Homeland Security has named buildings in Manhattan, New Jersey and Washington, DC—all with a financial-services content—as specific al-Qaeda targets and raised the terror alert to orange for those specific assets. Building management firms tell GlobeSt.com that security procedures are in place.

I disagree with the attempt to push for ratings parity among various types of fixed-income instruments.

We see a lot of borrowers converting from construction bridge loans to fixed in fear of higher rates.

At any point in the day one retailer is doing well and one is doing poorly. We're working both ends of the spectrum all the time.

NEW YORK CITY-GlobeStRETAIL.com builds on the news authority of GlobeSt.com to bring daily news, commentary and analysis to the retail sector. Look for an Oct. 11, 2004 launch.

NEW YORK CITY-Expect a mid-September flip of the 1.1-million-sf 180 Maiden La. Sources close to the deal confirm that Joseph Moinian will take over the asset from the Paramount Group. Full price is full value, given the future of Lower Manhattan, say insiders.

It's not my intention at all to become the capital source of fashion.

We've seen capital-gains reduced before. It didn't affect the 1031 exchange market. People don't want to pay tax, no matter what it is.