⚠️Debt Drama Fuels Market Uncertainty
Rising debt concerns shake investor confidence
Looks like Madison Realty just pulled a fast one in Manhattan, snapping up a hotel that couldn’t keep up with its $67.5 million debt.
They’re hoping to turn things around and make a tidy profit by betting on the market’s recovery.
But it’s not just hotels feeling the heat—over in Denver, another office building has bitten the dust, facing foreclosure thanks to high vacancy rates and a lack of tenants.
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It seems like downtown Denver’s commercial real estate is stuck in a rut, with no clear way out.
Across the country, whole neighborhoods are turning into zombie zones, with foreclosures that just won’t go away.
Meanwhile, New York City’s office buildings are facing their own identity crisis.
Landlords are stuck deciding whether to try and convert these outdated spaces or just tear them down altogether because the cost of doing anything else is sky-high.
In this edition of the AltReports:
🔨 Hotel Hard Knocks
🎯 Downtown Doom
🏚️ Zombie Zones
🛠️ Conversion Catastrophes
📊 Sales Slip ‘N Slide
Video of the Week: We’re in a Housing Crisis. Why are So Many Builds Going Bust?
Chart of the Week: There's Still $1.5T in CRE Debt that Needs to be Rolled Over
Podcast of the Week: Insider Exposes All About Bad Banks
Madison Realty Pursues Foreclosure of 155-Room Hotel in Manhattan
Madison Realty just yanked control of a 155-room Manhattan hotel because the property's $67.5 million debt was overdue. Whoops.
But don't worry, Madison’s not here to throw a pity party.
They're planning to shuffle the financial deck and get the place back on its feet, all while betting big on the market bouncing back.
Another One Bites the Dust in Denver's Office Building Blues
In Downtown Denver the Financial House at 1670 Broadway is waving the white flag.
High vacancy rates and a tenant exodus have pushed this 704,000 square foot office building to the brink of foreclosure.
This isn’t just one building’s sob story, though—Denver’s commercial real estate is looking more like a sinking ship by the day.
Top 10 U.S. ZIP Codes Where Foreclosures Refuse to Die
Topping the list of undead addresses is ZIP code 11779 in Ronkonkoma, NY, with 34 zombie foreclosures lurking in the neighborhood.
But it’s not just Ronkonkoma—the virus has spread to Cleveland, OH (44105) and Philadelphia, PA (19124) too.
These properties are the bad apples spoiling the whole bunch, dragging down property values and haunting the local housing markets.
NYC Office Buildings: To Demolish or Not to Demolish? That Is the Question.
New York City's landlords are in a pickle.
They’re stuck with aging office buildings that can’t keep up with the times, and the cost of turning them into something useful—like residential spaces—has skyrocketed.
Between the sky-high interest rates and jaw-dropping construction costs, landlords are seriously considering whether it's cheaper to just blow the whole thing up.
Are Existing Home Sales Still Tumbling?
In the latest twist of the housing market rollercoaster, existing home sales took another nosedive, dropping 1.3% from last month and a whopping 15.6% from last year.
This marks the slowest sales pace since the dark days of December 2010.
But wait, there's a catch—the median home price actually nudged up 2.1% year-over-year to hit $410,000.