18 Real Estate Mid-America
Downtown Revivals
Take Shape
The hard-hit, underutilized CBDs through
out Middle America are getting a new breath
of life through revitalization projects
By Brian J. Rogal
24 Midwest Real Estate Icons
By Liz Wolf
32 Healthcare Review
Doctors in the House
The old healthcare real estate model that
defined where such properties were built,
and what type of services they offered, is
going by the boards. Nowadays, the services,
and practitioners, are located wherever
patients are willing to travel.
By Amy Wolff Sorter
36 Healthcare Real Estate
Pioneers
By Paul Bubny, Rayna Katz and Erika Morphy
42 Cover Story
Strategy Matters: Avison
Young’s Different Approach
A partnership model that takes “a deep dive”
to solve clients’ long-term issues has won
the firm, which began as a regional power
house, in Canada, many new friends on
both sides of the border
By Paul Bubny
47 The REIT Run
Public real estate companies may be lagging
the broader stock market, but they’re still
the tops in the commercial real estate
arena. How long will the REIT run last?
By Jennifer LeClaire
53 Commercial Real Estate’s
45 Under 40
By Jane Hodges
68 Finance Quarterly
Tracking CMBS’ Do-Over
Floating-rate CMBS loans have re-emerged.
So has interest-only financing. Is CMBS finally
shedding its rigid, user-unfriendly ways?
By Erika Morphy
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8 Editorial Advisory Board
10 Up Front:
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16 Leader Board
75 Advertisers Index
77 Directory
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Times Are A-Changin’
By Sule Aygoren
13 Trend Outlook
For Attorneys and and Other Professionals,
Safeguards Against Cybercrime
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