Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Interest Rates for Commercial / Residential Real Estate

Type Rate
30 yr fixed mtg 5.81%
30 yr fixed jumbo mtg 7.29%
30 yr FHA mtg 6.10%
20 yr fixed mtg 5.68%
15 yr fixed mtg 5.53%
15 yr fixed jumbo mtg 6.45%
10 yr fixed mtg 5.34%
3/1 ARM 5.81%
3/1 ARM (interest only) 5.73%
5/1 ARM 5.90%
5/1 ARM (interest only) 5.87%
5/1 jumbo ARM (int only 6.18%
7/1 ARM 6.15%
10/1 ARM 6.54%

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Eatery Coming To Highland Square

Eatery Coming To Highland Square
11/17/2008

The former Two Amigo's will soon turn into a reasonably priced wine bar and kitchen, under a new owner and new name.

David Haynes, a professional chef from California, is considering an Italian name for his rustic, chic eatery he's envisioned for the last 17 years. "The driver for the back of the house will be a wood-fired oven (for pizza) and the driver for the front of the house will be a very dynamic bar, large selections of wines by the glass, handcrafted cocktails, all things made in house," says Haynes.

He's looking at all items being under $20 and hopes to have it up and running by late 2009. "We really want to be a part of this neighborhood," Haynes explains. "That's what drew me first and foremost to the building originally." Plans also include outdoor seating and a new side entryway.

In October, Cleveland developer Gint Strautnieks purchased the Two Amigo's and Dodi's buildings at a sheriff's auction for $423,000.

Strautnieks and Haynes are excited about the new development

The "restaurant" will be like nothing in NorthEast Ohio, Strautnieks says, and the focus will be in food and service.
Both Haynes and Strautnieks plan to keep, and restore, the buildings to their original 1920's era.

All of the windows will be replaced and be more energy efficient. There will be big windows on the street so customers can see what's going on outside and passersby can see inside.

It's still unclear what will happen to the former Dodi's space, but there is a lot of interest. All Strautnieks could says was that clients are looking at the space and how it may be used "will make people happy."

Strautnieks is looking forward to starting the project, which is in the architectural stage now, "we're not waiting for the economy to change, we want to get moving."

Haynes is a California Culinary Academy of San Francisco graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu program.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Interest Rate Snapshot

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Key Rates
Instrument
Rate
Prime
5.00
11th Dist. (COFI)
2.693
12 MTA
2.478
Treasury Notes
Term
Yield
3 Month Treasury
.64
6 Month Treasury
1.2
2 Year Treasury
1.67
5 Year Treasury
2.74
7 Year Treasury
3.112
10 Year Treasury
3.67
12 Year Treasury
3.718
15 Year Treasury
3.79
20 Year Treasury
3.91
30 Year Treasury
4.15
LIBOR
Term
Yield
1 Month LIBOR
4.04
3 Month LIBOR
4.21
6 Month LIBOR
3.981
Constant Maturity Treasury
Term
Yield
3 Month CMT
.92
6 Month CMT
1.6
1 Year CMT
1.78
2 Year CMT
2
3 Year CMT
2.28
5 Year CMT
2.98
7 Year CMT
3.38
10 Year CMT
3.85
20 Year CMT
4.43

Banking Crisis Means Changes for Commercial Real Estate

October 1, 2008, 5:53 pm
Sushil Cheema reports from the WSJ:

Over the last few years, many cities have seen an explosion of bank branch expansions. With the current banking crisis causing banks to consolidate, many people are asking what will happen to all that commercial real estate space.
“It was a trend that the banks started five or six years ago to get back into the consumer bank line,” said Jeffrey Roseman, the executive vice president at Newmark Knight Frank Retail in New York, about the mushrooming branches. The banks, he said, realized that deposits are the “bread and butter” of their business, leading them to court their customers by making themselves more highly visible.
“Like any retailer, they thought ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ so they changed the way banking was done” by making themselves more visible to customers by adding more stores, Roseman said. Competition among banks for space drove up rent prices and drove out small businesses and even large businesses that might have fit better into those locations.

Please click on the below link for the full article....

http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2008/10/01/banking-crisis-means-changes-for-commercial-real-estate/

Monday, June 23, 2008

University might back off buying Joe’s, lawyer says

Picked this news blast up off of http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/zips/

University might back off buying Joe’s, lawyer says
June 22nd, 2008
Football

If Akron loses its appeal of the $3.1 million verdict to Joe Nemer, it might back off purchasing the land, according to Nemer’s attorney Warner Mendenhall.

Probate court judge Bill Spicer will rule on UA’s motion to set aside the verdict early this week. Mendenhall said the university’s attorney told him it would not be interested in buying the land through eminent domain at that cost.

Would the university really set aside a huge plan for a residence hall over a measley million bucks? Probably not. It looks like posturing, because Nemer obviously can’t get $3.1 million for his land on the market. Even if the university is serious, it might not be able to back out.

For more on the Akron Zips, take a look at Rasor on the Zips webpage @ http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/zips/

Monday, April 21, 2008

Private investors pledge billions to bail out National City

Posted by Teresa Dixon Murray and Peter Krouse April 20, 2008

Updated 9:59 p.m.

In a deal it had to make to survive, National City Corp. today struck an agreement with private investors to get $6 billion to $7 billion of much-needed capital pumped into the Cleveland bank.

The deal, approved by the bank's board this evening, will preserve the 163-year-old bank's Cleveland headquarters and allow it to remain independent -- a relief to 7,800 local workers and a community that doesn't want to lose another Fortune 500 company.

For full story, click on link provided here: http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/04/post_11.html

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

K&D Group submits sole Ameritrust complex bid

By JAY MILLER1:03 pm, April 2, 2008

It was déjà vu. K&D Group of Willoughby again was the only bidder for the Cuyahoga County-owned Ameritrust complex, bidding the minimum $35 million.

K&D is proposing a $200 million makeover of the east side of East Ninth Street, from Euclid Avenue to the Prospect Avenue-Huron Road crossing.
The mixed-use project would include a new, 13-story, 300,000-square-foot office building at the south end of the block, with the existing Marcel Breuer-designed office tower converted into a hotel and apartments.
“I have every confidence this will be a project of national significance,” said K&D CEO Doug Price. Mr. Price said he already is hearing interest from office tenants.

For Full Article, click on link
http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20080402/FREE/583128820/1004/newsletter01