February 2012
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November 2011
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2011 RECon Asia Not Worth the Trip
ICSC SmartBrief recently reported that “Retail, developer executives flock to RECon Asia” (http://bit.ly/t24Jy3), which was anything but the case, from my perspective.
This year’s ICSC Event, “RECon Asia”, in Shanghai on November 3rd and 4th, offered limited booths, primarily comprised of China-based developers, property managers and vendors like architects. More...
May 2011
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April 2011
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Join Us for Arbor Day at Creekside Commons!
This Friday, April 29th, which is Arbor Day, Creekside Business Center and Midwest Realty Group are both planting and giving away 500 two-year old sapling White Pines. Please stop by and talk to Heidi, Holly, Megan or Carrie, at Creekside Business Center, if you would like to help us plant these trees or take some back to your office or home! We’ve been celebrating the environment all...
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Building Green Chicago Conference & Expo
We joined Joseph Maguire and the “SERF Team” (www.SERFgreen.org) from Lansing, Michigan, at the “Building Green Chicago Conference & Expo” in Chicago today. This was an interesting conference with discussion topics and vendors focused on new environmentally-sensitive building components, energy saving ideas and new initiatives, and valuable peer-to-peer discussions.
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November 2010
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Adversity or Adventure-what's it going to be?
Who gave you the best piece of life advice and what was it? “My father-in-law, a successful German Chicago businessman, attorney, accountant, developer and author. He once asked me: ‘What’s it going to be today, adversity or adventure?’ “As a young man, I was struggling to overcome a situation that was so stressful at times that I was unable to work. My father-in-law’s advice of choosing each...
Look Closely at Real Estate Partnership Agreements
Many investors didn’t know what a “capital call” was just a few years ago, but today they’re pretty common with real estate investments and have become the source of numerous partnership arguments and break-ups.
A capital call occurs when a property investment, like a retail strip center, runs short of operating capital sufficient to cover all of its obligations. How can...
October 2010
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September 2010
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Seek Advice When You Can't Pay Your Investment...
For some, the embarrassment of not being able to pay your monthly mortgage payment is so condemning that you would never think to ask for help in solving the underlying problem or to seek advice regarding alternatives you may have in working with your lender to solve this problem. However, there’s almost always a variety of solutions if you approach this matter properly.
The first step to...