Commercial real estate's challenges are apparent in downtown Cleveland corridorTo see the turmoil in commercial real estate, you don't have to look much further than East Ninth Street and Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland. This corridor is the local face of a national problem -- one that is troubling in Cleveland but more severe in overbuilt markets like Las Vegas and Miami and battered cities such as Detroit. Across the country, a wave of office buildings, shopping ...

Is commercial real estate the next shoe to drop?For more than a year, economists and market-watchers have been wondering out loud whether commercial real estate is the “next shoe to drop” in the country’s ongoing economic crisis. Last month, a Congressional Oversight Panel made the issue an official worry of the U.S. government by publishing a report titled, “Commercial Real Estate Losses and [...]

Immigration activists stage rallies in ChicagoA series of immigration rallies will be held in Chicago today, as activists continue their fight to legalize millions of illegal immigrants.