Say a business has a $2 million value, much of it in commercial real estate.

Eventually, he moved into home building and then to commercial real estate.

And less than 1 percent of commercial real estate is owned by the Japanese.

But in commercial real estate, women hardly take center stage.

But the industry owns less than 2 percent of the nation's commercial real estate.

Retailers are also a major part of the commercial real estate and school tax base.

One result is a new dynamic in commercial real estate.

This year twice the annual average of commercial real estate comes on the market.

"Everyone had a friend in commercial real estate with the best bank site," she recalled.

A decline in the price of commercial real estate also had something to do with it.