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Why the Commercial Real Estate Collapse Could Be a Good Thing

Posted Tuesday, November 3, 2009 - 10:58am
Photo of vacant storefront by David McNew/Getty Images.

The great residential real estate bust has been an unmitigated disaster for most types of small businesses. Retailers have suffered as consumers adjust to the loss of housing equity. Contractors, real estate agents, interior designers, architects, and insurance agents, to name just a few, have all seen their work dry up. Entrepreneurs who financed their businesses with home-equity loans, or planned to do so, are sweating it out.

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  • Jonathan Weber is the founder, publisher, and CEO of New West, a media company covering life and business in the Rocky Mountain West.
Photo of vacant storefront by David McNew/Getty Images.

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