http://www.shanwalt.com/feed?type=blogs en-us hourly 1 http://moja.com/ http://www.shanwalt.com/feed?type=blogs 169 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/medical-surtax-101 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:39:00 CDT Many of our clients and investors have asked about the effect of the Medical Surtax that is to go into effect as a part of the 2011 Healthcare Reform.  There has been a lot of misinformation out there regarding this, so we wanted to clarify what this means to real estate investors and homeowners alike.  

]]> Andrew Patterson 168 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/shannon-waltchack-in-the-news-real-estate-roundupcashing-in-on-t Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:10:00 CST read the full article by Ryan Poe of the Birmingham Business Journal

]]> Andrew Patterson 167 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/uab-art-faculty-get-new-site-in-former-vacant-southside-building Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:29:00 CST read the full article by Dawn Kent of the Birmingham News.

]]> Andrew Patterson 166 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/buried-treasure Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:55:00 CST

]]> Susan Gray 165 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/pants-store-finds-a-fit-in-tuscaloosa Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:01:00 CDT Family-owned local retailer The Pants Store is expanding to Tuscaloosa in a project that will turn a vacant downtown building into new shops and restaurant space.The apparel and shoe store partnered with Birmingham-based Shannon Waltchack Investment Real Estate and local commercial real estate broker John Coleman to buy the Kress building at University Boulevard and 23rd Street. 

]]> Andrew Patterson 163 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/we-think-like-an-owner Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:39:00 CDT Shannon Waltchack currently owns a portfolio of 1,150,000 SF of Medical Office, Retail, Office, Flex Space and Multi-family properties. We also lease and manage another 350,000 SF of 3rd party properties for various clients.

]]> Derek Waltchack 161 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/what-is-beal-bank Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:30:00 CDT 'What is Beal Bank?' Next to 'when is Mexico Lindo going to open' that is the 2nd most asked question about the Hollywood.

]]> Derek Waltchack 160 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/who-the-heck-are-the-special-servicers Mon, 08 Aug 2011 08:28:00 CDT Who the heck are the special servicers?  And who made them 'special' anyway....some insight:

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]]> Derek Waltchack 135 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/good-sign-for-crerecovery Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:49:00 CDT Architect’s Billings Index turns positive after 3 years:  Good early indicator. Read the article here.

]]> Derek Waltchack 136 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/why-we-are-buying-in-this-uncertainmarket Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:54:00 CDT In the past 5 months we’ve bought the following four properties:

]]> Andrew Patterson 137 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/pictures-from-the-hollywoodgroundbreaking Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:21:00 CDT Thanks to all who came out for the Groundbreaking of the new Hollywood. Click here for pictures from the event.

]]> Derek Waltchack 138 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/what-do-mb-6th-graders-want-at-thehollywood Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:25:00 CST I was invited to speak to the 6th grade class at Mountain Brook Elementary to discuss our redevelopment of the former PT’s/Mexico Lindo property aka ‘the Hollywood’ and to conduct a survey of the type of tenants they’d like to see in the project.

]]> Derek Waltchack 139 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/thehollywood Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:30:00 CDT Thanks to the Birmingham News for the article:

]]> Derek Waltchack 140 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/learn-from-pastmistakes Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:47:00 CDT A couple months ago a local broker emailed this document to me: Trammell Crow-Lessons Learned (click here to download) He said it was a must read, very applicable to our current state of the market.   After digesting the 90 pages, I felt like someone from the past had just sent me a ‘How to Survive in a Real Estate Slow Down Manual’ with the subtitle of ‘learn from my mistakes’.  For CRE nerds like me the info contained is pure gold and amazingly prescient.

]]> Derek Waltchack 141 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/letter-to-the-editor Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:02:00 CDT Below is a letter I sent to the Birmingham Business Journal to accompany their Annual Commercial Real Estate Deal of the Year Award:

]]> Derek Waltchack 149 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/buy-when-theres-blood-on-thestreet Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:44:00 CDT CMBS Issuance Drops to 1996 levels

]]> Derek Waltchack 150 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/inflation-and-its-effect-on-realestate Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:48:00 CDT A couple months ago I posed the following question during an office meeting:  “what effects will a higher than normal inflation environment have on Real Estate Investments in general and on our portfolio specifically?”  We came up with a few answers that fell into 2 categories: postive and negative. 

]]> Derek Waltchack 153 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/how-to-survive-and-perhaps-even-thrive-in-a-bearmarket Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:40:00 CDT

]]> Derek Waltchack 154 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/how-far-will-housing-pricesfall Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:07:00 CDT

]]> Derek Waltchack 155 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/our-latestacquisition Wed, 14 May 2008 14:17:00 CDT

]]> Derek Waltchack 156 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/17-8-billion-in-cmbs-mortgages-set-to-expire-nextyear Thu, 08 May 2008 14:30:00 CDT A Realpoint LLC analysis of 75,002 mortgages that serve as collateral for 700 CMBS transactions in the United States found that 6,457 of those loans, representing $73.7 billion or 8.8 percent of the CMBS universe, are set to mature by next March. Of those, 1,125 loans with a balance of $17.8 billion could face problems because their collateral properties might not generate enough cash flow to support new mortgages that are as big as their existing loans. On the positive side, the report said because most of the remaining loans were originated 10 or more years ago, when interest rates were higher than they are today, they should have no problems getting refinanced. Those loans have also benefited from a general increase in property values.

]]> Derek Waltchack 158 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/good-sources-for-economic-and-interest-ratepredictions Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:53:00 CDT If you’re like me, you try to look into the future to see where our economy and interest rates are heading. At Shannon Waltchack we own multiple properties, all with different mortgage, amortization and balloon schedules. It is vital for us to try “wring-out” as much cash flow from our properties as possible by keeping our borrowing costs as low as the banks will allow. We do this by following the markets and recasting notes to float when rates are heading lower (right now) and by trying to get fixed rates as or before they start rising.

]]> Derek Waltchack 157 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/birmingham-businessjournal Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:51:00 CDT Please read a very nice article written about our company.
One correction however, Len is quoted as saying, “We don’t partner in fees, we share with other investors,” what he meant to say was “we don’t participate in real estate fees” i.e., we let the broker who brought us the deal keep all of the fee.

]]> Derek Waltchack 159 http://www.shanwalt.com/blog/wealthy-americans-see-a-real-estate-buyingopportunity Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:01:00 CDT

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