Commercial real estate has been great for the past five years and has had it really good for the past two.  Returns in the commercial market have been greater than other capital markets and lending was made extremely easy.  Now the capital markets are catching up with commercial real estate, cap rates will not continue to compress, conversely they will rise as the capital markets come up.  Finding good returns will take a little more work and expertise that comes with market knowledge and education.  Alternative investments and alternative structure has been expanded on and are becoming more sophisticated.  For 2007, new frontiers and creativity will become the approach for investors and users.  The US economy remains strong but may be slowing a little, the gross domestic product is expected to be stable at 2.5% for 2007.  Consumer confidence has dipped a little due to slowing housing market and volatile energy prices, but unemployment is low, consumer spending is high, and inflation is in check.  Interest rates have stabilized and business returns are higher than expected.  Businesses have continued spending and investing.  Record amounts of capital entered into the investment market.  Valued at $26 trillion and $14 trillion, the US stock and bond markets continue to attract more interest.  The institutional-quality real estate market has increased to approximately $4.2 trillion in 2006, an increase of about 20% over 2005.