Message-ID: <24980680.1075852702936.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 09:30:29 -0700 (PDT) From: reiscast__wave_two.um.a.1013.241@reis-reports.unitymail.net To: reiscast__wave_two@reis-reports.unitymail.net Subject: Metro Briefs Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Reis Client Services" @ENRON X-To: Reiscast Wave Two X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \JARNOLD (Non-Privileged)\Arnold, John\Deleted Items X-Origin: Arnold-J X-FileName: JARNOLD (Non-Privileged).pst [IMAGE]=20 =09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09=09 [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE] [IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [= IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE][IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] =09=09[IMAGE]=09=09=09 =09=09[IMAGE]=09=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE] [IMAGE] ReisCast October 23, 2001 = Reis - America's Source for Real Estate Investing Welcome to ReisCas= t, our weekly email newsletter. This week's edition highlights are: Met= ro Briefs Now Underway -- Reis SE's Special Offer -- FREE MetroStats & Sub= marketStats 2Q01 Reports! [IMAGE] [IMAGE] 1. Metro Briefs Still = "King of the Hill - Top of the Heap" - New York Apartment Market - Second Q= uarter 2001 Just six months ago, a "new gilded age" was permeating New Yor= k. According to Reis, as well as other market observers, the market was ch= aracterized as having an all-time low unemployment rate, an expanding finan= cial industry, and a vibrant, though volatile, "Silicon Alley". Now recove= ring from the wounds left by the events of September 11, the city's busines= s and political leaders are faced with the daunting task of revamping secur= ity and rebuilding the city, including the reconstruction of its communicat= ion and transportation infrastructure, office market, and more importantly,= healing public confidence...Yet even now, New York's 128,000-unit apartmen= t market continues to show tremendous staying power... To get the enti= re market excerpt as well as an opportunity to buy the full Reis Observer r= eport, go to http://www.reis.com/learning/insights_metro_spotlight1.cfm#o= ne Midwest Heavyweight Keeps Swinging - Chicago Retail Market - Second= Quarter 2001 Ducking the punches thrown by today's sluggish retailing env= ironment, the city with broad shoulders is slugging it out with a tough, tw= o-fisted challenger-consumer apprehension and economic recession. Already = showing signs of wear, regional malls have been hit with a crippling combo = of departures by JC Penney, Sears, Roebuck and Co., and Montgomery Ward. F= ortunately, Chicago has been able to "keep its dukes up" thus far,...reposi= tioning itself to survive by relying more on big-box, value-oriented retail= ers and community and neighborhood shopping centers... To get the enti= re market excerpt as well as an opportunity to buy the full Reis Observer r= eport, http://www.reis.com/learning/insights_metro_spotlight1.cfm#two = [IMAGE] 2. Now Underway -- Reis SE's Special Offer -- FREE MetroStat= s & SubmarketStats 2Q01 Reports! Just a reminder ... you can still get FR= EE MetroStats and SubmarketStats reports with market trends, per second qua= rter 2001, for office and apartment markets in our 30 expansion metros. B= ut remember, this offer is limited to Reis SE and corporate account users a= nd expires with the release of our third quarter 2001 update in November. = So don't delay....download your FREE MetroStats and SubmarketStats 2Q01 rep= orts this week. Not a Reis SE subscriber or corporate account user yet? W= hat are you waiting for? Reis SE is very affordably priced to custom-fit yo= ur US metro needs--be that one market or one hundred! So call now for a Re= is SE Demo at 1(800) 366-REIS, or email us at INFO@reis.com . As always= , we welcome your comments and suggestions. www.reis.com [IMAGE] You a= re receiving the email because you have subscribed to this list. If you wo= uld like to remove yourself from this list, please click here and you will= be removed immediately! Thank you! [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [I= MAGE] ?2001 Reis, Inc. All rights reserved. =09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE] [IMAG= E] [IMAGE] =09