Value Engineering Practical Applications or Megatrends in Retail Real Estate

Value Engineering: Practical Applications

Author: Alphonse DellIsola

Available for the first time, a complete system for understanding and conducting Value Engineering and Life Cycle Costing Studies--for design, construction, and facilities operation. Along with step-by-step instructional chapters, readers get seven case studies on major facility types, with currently applicable data and examples. The disk provides, in Lotus and Excel, a set of electronic forms with built-in formulas and links. 400 pp. Pub: 8/97.

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A new text produced in lieu of a new edition of the author's previous ; it is complementary to the previous work in that the basics of VE are not presented. Rather, this text focuses on methods for successful application of VE concepts, including making the case to management for VE, integrating VE into planning and budgeting, conducting life cycle costing, and integrating VE into the design process. Case studies demonstrate application of VE strategies to a variety of commercial and civic projects. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Megatrends in Retail Real Estate

Author: John D Benjamin

Retail real estate properties and their marketplaces are in a constant state of change. The emergence of new and growing value formats like warehouse clubs, factory outlet malls, and other powerful discount formats provide traditional shopping centers and malls with increasingly competitive challenges. These value and discount retail formats generate higher sales per square foot and have lower construction costs than many traditional retail properties. Combined with the slow growth in retail sales and the increasing alternatives to in-store retailing, the question arises as to the future of retail marketplaces and which retail formats will be the leaders of the future. Megatrends in Retail Real Estate allows one to analyze and forecast changes in the retail marketplace. The book represents a simple model to analyze and predict mall and shopping center investment returns. It then examines the financing of retail properties and securitization of their mortgages, as well as the operations of retail properties. Finally, the book analyzes new retail marketplaces and the international retail arena.

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Analyzes changes in the retail marketplace, with sections on forecasting the changing retail marketplace, retail real estate investment returns, financing retail properties and mortgage securitization, operations of retail properties, new retail marketplaces, and the international arena. Subjects include malls versus centers, accessing the capital markets, dealing with the loss of an anchor tenant, development of inner-city retail niche markets, and a comparison of shopping centers in Canada and the US. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.