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These Council Members include developers, REIT and operating company executives, construction contractors, corporate real estate executives, brokers, appraisers, market researchers, and highly specialized consultants.

Leading Experts on Real Estate

Gavin Campbell, Managing Principal, Steelbridge Capital LLCGavin Campbell

Managing Principal
Steelbridge Capital LLC
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Gavin Campbell is the Founder and Managing Principal of Steelbridge Capital, a value focused real estate private equity investor in all major commercial and residential real estate classes throughout the US. Steelbridge also invests in distressed CMBS, mezzanine, and senior debt, and has special experience...

John Fox, Principal, Fox Real Estate AdvisoryJohn Fox

Principal
Fox Real Estate Advisory
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

John Fox is a 20-year real estate industry veteran with expertise in development, acquisition, and investment. Mr. Fox is Principal of Fox Real Estate Advisory. He has worked on hundreds of millions of dollars of development and acquisition projects, including Circle Centre Mall in Indianapolis, the...

Matthew Anderson, Partner, Foresight Analytics LLCMatthew Anderson

Partner
Foresight Analytics LLC
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.What is a Premium Council Partner?|Premium Council Partners are leading Professional Service Firms that work exclusively with GLG.

Matthew Anderson is Co-Founder and Partner at Foresight Analytics LLC, a real estate research firm in Oakland, CA. His specific areas of responsibility include capital markets, quantitative modeling, and international research. Mr. Anderson has consulted for major commercial banks, accounting firms,...

Howie Gelbtuch, Principal, Greenwich Realty Advisors Writing CorpHowie Gelbtuch

Principal
Greenwich Realty Advisors Writing Corp
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Howie Gelbtuch is currently the Principal of Greenwich Realty Advisors Incorporated, a Real Estate valuation and appraisal firm. Mr. Gelbtuch has been involved in the real estate industry for 30 years, with experience in a variety of different fields. At Greenwich, Mr. Gelbtuch has performed real estate...

Sam Chandan, President and Chief Economist, Real Estate EconometricsSam Chandan

President and Chief Economist
Real Estate Econometrics
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Sam Chandan, PhD, is President and Chief Economist of Real Estate Econometrics and Adjunct Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Amongst the commercial real estate industry's preeminent economists, Dr. Chandan has served as an advisor to a vast array of the nation's banks...

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GLG NewsSM Analyses in Real Estate(?)

Analyses are solely the work of the authors and have not been edited or endorsed by GLG.

At Best, an Incremental Step In the Right Direction

November 6, 2009

CMBS Savior? Developers Diversified Deal Is Nearer | online.wsj.com

The pending Developers Diversified ("DDR") transaction represents, at best, a marginal step in the right direction with respect to getting the CMBS machine back on track. The successful launch of a new CMBS transaction, and placement of the related bonds should be considered a victory given the dearth...

The Current Real Estate Downturn is Different

November 4, 2009

Real Estate Downturn of the Early ’90s Differs From Today’s Crash In Important Ways | nreionline.com

Unlike prior downturns where economic weakness compounded with addition of recently completed property supply contributed to commercial real estate downturn, the current downturn has been fueled by excessive use of creative debt financing. The unwinding of creative leverage will take longer than previously...

Irish Commercial Real Estate - What is the Natural Vacancy Rate?

November 4, 2009

Dublin Office Report Q3 2009 | edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk

The 'natural' vacancy rate in Irish commercial property markets may be twice agents' current published estimatesImplies that the turning point in Irish office market could come sooner than expected

We know why Geithner isn't Worried about the Banks problems with CRE Credit

November 2, 2009

Robert Canter, President-Founder, Performance Realty Solutions, LLC

Banks Get New Rules on Property | online.wsj.com

Last Week Secretary Geithner said "Commercial Real Estate Woes Won't Spark Crisis"Of course we now know why he isn't worried! It's called  Systematic "Extend and Pretend".

German Investment Firms buying US properties at Discounted Prices

October 31, 2009

German Firms Scour U.S. for Deals | online.wsj.com

Deka an asset manager for German banks operates the country’s largest of open-ended property funds of around $28.24 B in property assets. In September, Deka bought a 12-story building in Washington, D.C., for $208 m at the top end of prime office space in the capital. Other German buyers of U.S....

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