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Cornerstone Commercial eBrief
Information and News You Can Use October, 2005


Recent Deals

Our Progress through the 3rd Quarter of 2005

Office Vacancies Hit 3 1/2-Year Low, While Rents Continue to Climb

Sidestep pitfalls to decisions

About Cornerstone


 

$26,000,000
Land Development Loan
150 lot Subdivision in
Lake Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV


$500,000
Refinance Perm. Loan
4,310 sq.ft Mixed Use Office/Restaurant
Las Vegas, NV


$540,000
Land "Bridge" Loan
2.6 Acres Ranch Property
Las Vegas, NV






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Thank you for the opportunity to share general information relating to the commercial real estate finance industry and letting you know what's new at Cornerstone Commercial Mortgage.


  • Our Progress through the 3rd Quarter of 2005
  • We are pleased to share with you our progess through the 3rd quarter of 2005. With the help of people like you we have been able to arrange over $47 Million in loans through September 2005. We value our client relationships and believe they are the key to our success.

    Here at Cornerstone Commercial Mortgage we believe in quality customer service. We are problem solvers. Any one of our team of four loan originators are always available to assist clients in providing financing solutions on projects throughout Nevada and California.

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  • Office Vacancies Hit 3 1/2-Year Low, While Rents Continue to Climb
  • Wall Street Journal (10/10/05) P. B2; Chittum, Ryan
    A Reis Inc. survey of America's top 70 office markets shows that vacancies slipped in the third quarter to 15.1 percent, their lowest level in over three years. Effective rents, meanwhile, climbed for the third consecutive quarter with a 0.8-percent gain to $20.41 per square foot. While there is little doubt that the office sector is in recovery, recent weaknesses in the employment market, high energy prices and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have clouded the overall forecast. Reis CEO Lloyd Lynford remarks, "There's still some risk that these three quarters of positive effective rent growth is tentative." He adds that only 6.5 million sq. ft. of new office space was completed in the July-through- September period versus 8.3 million sq. ft. completed a year earlier.

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  • Sidestep pitfalls to decisions
  • The two biggest decision-making mistakes? Too much analysis and impatience. Avoid both by following these decision making steps:

  • 1. Give yourself a reasonable time limit to make up your mind, say 48 hours or a week, whatever seems appropriate.
    2. Write down the issue to be decided on a legal pad. This simple act helps clarify the issue for you.
    3. List the pluses and minuses for each potential resolution. This mental walk-through is the basis of your evaluation process, so be very detailed as you write out each advantage and disadvantage.
    4. When your time is up, decide
      -Adapted from "A Decision-making Approach That Works," Leasdership Strategies, Briefings Publishing Group.

    1. More about Cornerstone
    2. About Cornerstone
    3. Cornerstone Commercial Mortgage specializes in commercial real estate finance. We act as mortgage consultants, focusing on providing the appropriate financing solutions for each client. We work with investors and developers on all product types from Land loans to permanent loans providing the best financing option available.

      John P. Lloyd, President
      Phone: (702) 385-2658
      Cell: (702) 379-3468
      Email:
      john.lloyd@cmlv.net

      See our Web Site for more information http://www.cmlv.net