With the referendum rejected, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano put out a plea for private developers to submit proposals for a revamped Nassau Coliseum. Nassau taxpayers expressed their dissent when they rejected Wang’s proposed tax hike to fund the Coliseum’s renovation and now Mangano is hastening to find another, privately funded, alternative. Despite his disappointment,..

As of late, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) has begun to crack down on lucrative REITs that aren’t being traded on the stock exchange. It’s been estimated that REITs have made over $73 billion for investors in the past 10 years, despite the recession and since 1990, SEC has approved around 90 nontraded REITs…

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Willis Tower, formerly Sears Tower, located in downtown Chicago is up for sale. The 110-story building is the highest in North America and the decision to sell or recapitalize comes in light of the rising CRE values seen in the country’s top markets. The owners, including two New York based real-estate investors, acquired the building in..

Henry Cisneros, urban real estate investing expert, former HUD Secretary and four-term mayor of San Antonio, shares his thoughts with GlobeSt.com on changing demographics and its affects on urban investing and development. In a six-question interview, Cisneros discusses America’s new city-friendly economy, advises cities to advance infrastructure plans to promote environmental sustainability, and speculates the suburban-to-urban development..