CHICAGO—Caps rates, IRRs and the difference between core and value-add all figured in this fast-moving, deal-shaping SIOR session.

CHICAGO—Stated or implied, that quote from hockey great Wayne Gretzky seems to permeate the proceedings at SIOR’s Fall World Conference here.

NEW YORK CITY-Just blocks from the scene of the disaster, minutes after the towers went down, one survivor of yesterday's terrorist attack that devastated the World Trade Center shared his story with GlobeSt.com.

NEW YORK CITY-Just blocks from the scene of the disaster, minutes after the towers went down, one survivor of yesterday's terrorist attack that devastated the World Trade Center shared his story with GlobeSt.com.

As we mark the 10th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a rather sad and counter-cultural thought hit me: We will forget. My colleague, Carl Gaines, a few days ago covered a press conference held by World Trade Center officials. Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the anniversary a time to “reflect, to remember and to rededicate ourselves to the values and freedoms that made New York a target for evil.” …

The recent hooplah between DC and S&P leaves us with few authorities to trust.

The nation’s top institutional players are staking their investment claims despite an economy that refuses to cooperate

NEW YORK CITY-The ratings agency, stating that the debt-ceiling bill simply didn't go far enough, drops the country's long term sovereign credit rating to AA+, and would consider a further drop if spending doesn't cut back.