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New frugality is the new normal, by necessity

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Kenneth Leonard, Principal

Kenneth LeonardPrincipalLeonard Associates 
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The Other Shoe Is Yet To Drop

September 10, 2009

Bob Kanter's careful analysis of this article did not mention the huge backlog of previously announced department store closings which will undoubtedly have a "domino" effect on the FFO of all major mall REITs.

Robert Canter, President-Founder

Robert CanterPresident-FounderPerformance Realty Solutions, LLC 
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Commercial real estate will not benefit from the end of the current recession.

September 8, 2009

News headlines of the past few weeks have the spin doctors trying their best to make us believe the worst is over for this current recession…however if you read between the lines you should not get too excited as any recovery is many years away. We all need to get used to the “new normal” as the subject article suggests. To do otherwise could be financially fatal.

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