Owners of Hotels, Resorts, Condos and Other Commercial Property Face Pall of Uncertainty -- Just As Economies and Housing Markets of Florida and Other Gulf States Showing Signs of Recovery

With estimates of the economic losses of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill already as much as $11 billion and 200,000 jobs lost in counties along Florida’s Gulf Coast alone, owners of income-generating property throughout Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi face varying degrees of financial exposure to the crisis.

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Recent data shows property values stabilizing and suggests that the worst might be over. Read more on this WSJ article here.

Read more on the National Association of Realtors quarterly market survey for March here.

Clarian Health's CEO envisions three ways in which health care real estate will evolve: smaller, denser clinics incorporating innovative technology, physician assistants populating medical office buildings to handle increased number of patients, and nursing homes in connection with hospitals.

The article states the biggest reason for the shift is the large influx of patients in the coming years: 32 million people who will now have health insurance, as well as the 70 million baby boomer population.

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"Triple-net lease properties are the best performing sector of the commercial real estate marketplace," this according to the head of global managed investments for Citi Private Bank. With these properties, the tenants take responsibility for utilities, taxes, and insurance, while the investor collects rent checks.

Baldwin Companies currently has 4 listings with modified triple-net leases.

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In this current economy, it's a tenant-driven market not only here in Indiana, but all across the country. With vacancy rates continuing to be high, business owners are taking advantage of these much lower rates in leasing or buying real estate in order to expand their enterprise.

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) policy recommendations for banks dealing with troubled commercial real estate loans appear to be easing the burden on borrowers facing falling property values.

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There's a downsizing trend under way at many small businesses: Moving to smaller offices because of shrinking staffs and as more workers telecommute.

Owners say they're saving money on real estate, office furniture and other expenses by letting employees work from home or by using independent contractors who don't work on-site. And those who have cut staffers obviously don't need to provide space for them.

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Commercial Office Downsizing