NEW YORK CITY—The ability to structure investments in accordance with the Sharia “has opened up the global market to a new group of investors,” John Opar, a partner at Shearman & Sterling LLP, tells GlobeSt.com.

DALLAS—Chairman and CEO Monty J. Bennett says the REIT's directors “do not believe Ashford Prime's current share price accurately reflects the company's intrinsic value.”

NEW YORK CITY—When GlobeSt.com launched 15 years ago, it was widely assumed that Boomers would retire to warmer climes. Now, signs point toward this generation taking up urban living.

NEW YORK CITY—The hire is among several moves that alternative asset firms have made in the past few months to bolster their commercial real estate presence.

NEW YORK CITY—Currently vice chairman at Deloitte, McGee “has an understanding of how to manage an organization with diverse constituencies around the globe,” says current ICSC chairman Stephen D. Lebowitz.

NEW YORK CITY—“ Competitive disadvantages of the past that hurt the North American region have been muted and in some cases have flipped over to the positive side,” says Cushman & Wakefield's John Morris.

NEW YORK CITY—But the New York Fed president said the picture could be different by the time the Federal Open Market Committee convenes on Sept. 16.

NEW YORK CITY—As part of our ongoing 15th-anniversary celebration, GlobeSt.com looks at the ways in which Millennials, Baby Boomers and immigrants influence what gets built and how it's being built.