May
5
Protected: Real Estate Graduate Call 5-5-08
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May
1
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO
Mall Developer Kimco Intensifies Growth Plans in Mexico Emerging Middle Class Down South Is Targeted As U.S. Market Fills Up By KRIS HUDSON April 30, 2008 IN “RETAIL TRAFFIC” Kimco Realty Corp., which over half a century grew into one of the largest shopping-center developers in the U.S., is shifting its focus south of the border, where an emerging middle class has fueled demand for suburban-style retail property. Kimco expanded into Mexico six years ago and now has 34 shopping centers there, compared with 809 in the U.S. But its […]
May
1
Gold Mine – Vacant Homes
Vacant homes can be a gold mine for investors. These properties are costing someone money and in many cases a lot of money. Most of these have mortgages on them and all of them have property taxes being assessed. What this means folks, is the owners, at some point, are going to get sick of shelling out money on an empty property that is providing no benefit to them at all. These are the kinds of sellers we like as investors – they become very motivated to dispose of these […]
Apr
30
BIG BOX STORES PLAN EXPANSION
Companies like Target Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp. and Best Buy Co. are carrying on with expansion plans at virtually the same pace as in years past. “We continue to look at a standard of 100 net new stores a year,â€? Target spokeswoman Anna Goeppinger said. In fact, Target’s rate of expansion has quickened, as it built 118 new stores last year and is on pace for 116 this year. In 2005 and 2006, the company added 86 and 88 new stores, respectively. For the most part, today’s retail giants don’t […]