KANSAS CITY--The Kansas City region has long been home to telemarketing operations, giving it an advantage when attracting new call centers.

WASHINGTON, DC—"We can foresee a period of significant economic stress -- a recession -- at some point during the next three or four years," Sam Chandan tells GlobeSt.com in this EXCLUSIVE.

NEW YORK CITY—Lodging has certainly traversed a long course, having gone from being considered one of the weakest asset classes in commercial real estate to being one of the most sought-after places to pot capital—twice in the past decade and a half. Breaking down the numbers for the sector, these trends become clear, as do the players behind the most action in the marketplace.