Commerical real estate, from Manhattan to Honolulu and everywhere in between, is going through some difficult and challenging times.

From Wall Street; Moody's/REAL Commercial Property Price Index dropped 15% in 2008. From Main Street; in a 03/31/2009 American Drycleaner article titled, Commercial Real Estate Activity Will Continue to Decline, Report Says , it was reported that:

"The Commercial Leading Indicator for Brokerage Activity fell 6.0% to an index of 109.2 in the fourth quarter from a downwardly revised reading of 116.1 in the third quarter, and is 9.1% lower than an index of 120.1 in the fourth quarter of 2007."