12.15.2020
Property Managers Have Found Opportunity and Growth Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
This year has provided the chance to hone our communication skills and serve fully as the voice of leadership. It’s time for a true confession: I learn much better face-to-face than I do virtually. Of…
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Quick Service Dining Chains Expand Off-Premises Activity
Quick service restaurant chains have discovered how to expand an already-high capacity for off-premises volumes which could possibly carry restaurants through this new wave of restrictions. Restaurants’ progress of one step forward likely will go…
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Multifamily Investors Are Ending 2020 on a Brisk Buying Clip
Tired of waiting for discounts, investors have come off the sideline to snap up assets in a year-end rush of deals. Apartment investors are in a hurry to make up for lost time. They are…
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Workforce Preferences Will Drive the New Office Model
Company after company is weighing competing forces as they try to decide whether they will reduce their office space post-pandemic. Barclays is on the cusp of making a big decision. It is currently weighing whether…
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Vaccine Approval Could Mark a Turning Point in CRE Price Discovery
Buyers hoping to capitalize on distress may only have a small window of time to strike as long-term prospects for troubled assets begins to brighten. Investors hoping to cash in on a COVID-19 pricing discounts…
Read More12.14.2020
Urgent Care Draws in Net Lease Investors
Investors are shying away from general medical practice. As real estate investors have sought safe havens in a tumultuous 2020, the medical sector has been a ripe target. Life sciences were on the upswing even…
Read More12.14.2020
Commercial Mortgage Delinquencies are Rising
In November, 5.7% of commercial mortgages were delinquent, increasing from 5.4% in October. Problems in the hotel and lodging sectors are pushing the commercial mortgage delinquency rate up. In November, 5.7% of commercial mortgages were…
Read More12.11.2020
‘Peculiar’ Economy to Stabilize in Second Half of 2021?
There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the battered economy. But first, we have to get through the turmoil of the next few months, said leading economists who gave their outlook for 2021…
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Even Institutional Investors Are Eager for Distress
Institutions are decreasing core and value add allocations to make room for distress in their portfolios. It is a truism that institutional investors in commercial real estate tend to play it safe, preferring core land…
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Net Lease Investment Outperforms Total CRE Sales in Q3
Net lease volume increased quarter-over-quarter but fell year-over-year. Investment in US net-lease properties increased by 24.4% quarter-over-quarter in Q3 2020 to $11.7 billion, according to the latest research from CBRE. Still, Q3 total net lease…
Read More12.10.2020
Budgeting for Unknowns
Peruse the Winter 2020 - 2021 issue of Commercial Connections to get tips on budgeting for your commercial real estate business during these uncertain times, learn what your peers around the country are planning for…
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Restaurants Are Setting Up Shop in Empty Hotel Suites
From Brooklyn to Minneapolis, turning are turning empty hotel suites into private dining rooms for small groups. Faced with a winter full of indoor and outdoor dining shutdowns, chefs across the country have discovered a…
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Get Ready for 2021 By Reviewing the “Top 10 in 20”
Tune in to the latest episodes of the CRE Thought Leaders Podcast. The “Top 10 in 20” series features brief 20-minute episodes discussing each of the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate, including Economic…
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Every Type of Investor Is Looking into U.S. Industrial Properties
In addition to the usual suspects, ultra-high-net-worth investors and foreign entities are making more industrial bets. Driven by the pandemic, acceleration in online shopping and an increase in onshoring of manufacturing, demand for industrial space…
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The Lease You Can Do
Understanding the different perspectives of tenants and landlords is key to the lease modification process. By definition, a market disruption is a situation where a market stops functioning regularly, which usually results in a steep,…
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Top Economic and Housing Experts Predict Post-Pandemic Rebound With Continued Job Growth, Stable Interest Rates in 2021
Key Highlights More than 20 leading economic and housing experts predict GDP growth of 3.5% and an annual unemployment rate of 6.2% in 2021. Housing prices are expected to climb 8.0% next year and 5.5%…
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Rising Sublease Space Takes Greater Share of Total Office Inventory
In some markets sublease space more than doubled and ended Q3 above 700,000 square feet. The US office market’s recovery from the pandemic is facing several challenges, starting with the uncertainty of when or whether…
Read More12.08.2020
The Intersection of Pro Sports and Real Estate
There's a long history of both pro sports athletes and franchise owners investing heavily in commercial real estate. Commercial real estate has a long track record—when managed well—of being a stable investment option that generates…
Read More12.08.2020
Fraud Alert: Insurance Calls Not From NAR
Fraud Alert: Insurance Calls Not From NAR Members of the National Association of REALTORS® have reported receiving unsolicited robocalls from various numbers, claiming to represent "NAR health insurance." These calls and texts do not originate from NAR.…
Read More12.08.2020
Office Landlords Face Steep Climb in Reducing Operational Costs
Office users are reassessing the office space, and office owners will have to pivot quickly to survive. The future of office has been a question mark since the start of the pandemic, and many expect that the…
Read More12.08.2020
Three Areas Where CRE Investors Should Consider Automation
Adapting new technology tools in these areas of real estate investment and management will improve operational efficiency and accuracy. Automation has been a trend for decades in many industries, but less so in commercial real…
Read More12.07.2020
The Pandemic Has Created a Bifurcated Retail Market
Some retailers and retail owners are barely surviving the pandemic while others are finding success. COVID-19 is an unusual virus. For some, symptoms are mild or even non-existent and for others, it is deadly. The…
Read More12.07.2020
Industrial's Positive Absorption Totals 165M Square Feet in Q3
At the end of the third quarter, the industrial market was in good shape with positive absorption that led to 165 millions square feet in occupancy gains. The US economy entered the beginning stages of…
Read More12.07.2020
Regulator Worries US CRE Markets Could Collapse
The FSOC is concerned that the cash flow declines for CRE assets in the last year could become permanent. he Financial Stability Oversight Council has just issued its annual report on the risks to the…
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Cinemas Join the Internet Makeover of American Cities: Conor Sen
Going to a movie will become a big deal akin to going to a sports game or a concert. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- As cities struggling with a surge in apartment and commercial vacancies think about…
Read More12.04.2020
E-commerce hiring booms as traditional retail sheds jobs into holiday shopping season
KEY POINTS The warehousing and transportation segment added 145,000 jobs last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the Labor Department, including 82,000 for couriers and messengers. Traditional retail, however, shed 35,000 jobs on…
Read More12.03.2020
The Apartment Amenity Race Adapts to COVID-19
Multifamily buildings with the right mix of features for attracting renters could deliver the most appetizing returns for investors. Even before the coronavirus stalled the U.S. economy and scrambled the lives of apartment renters, property…
Read More12.03.2020
Institutional Investors Show Increased Interest in Suburban Office Assets
The possibility of higher levered returns is driving investor interest in class-A suburban office assets. A demographic shift from urban to suburban life was already occurring prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as millennials in their late…
Read More12.03.2020
Ghost Kitchens Are Very Popular Now. But Are They a Permanent Trend?
Ghost kitchens are proliferating amid the pandemic as people cut back on restaurant dining in favor of takeout. This week Phillips Edison & Company released its industry insights on trending retail themes as part of…
Read More12.03.2020
Multifamily Rent Trends are Back on Track
Apartment List’s national index has stabilized back to a more typical trend during the past few months, i.e., rents fell by 0.5% this month, which is consistent with rental trends going back three years. Although…
Read More12.02.2020
November 2020 Commercial Market Trends
View a New Mexico Market Trends Summary Report, which includes November 2020 Commercial Market Trends. This report includes the total number of listings, asking lease rates, asking sales prices, days on the market and total square…
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How Real Estate Funds Should Market Investment Returns to Potential Investors
If a real estate entity or fund is able to take some uncertainty out of the investment process, they will have a competitive advantage. Given the current economic conditions, this is not the easiest time…
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Quick Service Restaurants Remain a Desirable Play for Private Investors
Drive-throughs are allowing QSRs to attract customers in a pandemic, while bans on indoor dining have brought down expenses. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how consumers live, work and dine out. Due to the virus,…
Read More12.02.2020
Retail Will Shape the Future of Healthcare
The pandemic has accelerated demand for retail healthcare, according to a new report from UPshow. Retail is positioned to play a significant role in the future of healthcare as the pandemic accelerates a trend that…
Read More12.01.2020
Current Issue: Fall 2020: Recovering, Rebuilding, Rebalancing
This edition of On Common Ground explores how decision makers, developers and homeowners are taking action now to preserve the viability of their property and structures into the future. The articles that follow spotlight action…
Read More12.01.2020
Multifamily Becomes a Defensive Play for Global Investors
With housing demand remaining high, investors see safety in apartments. Recently, Canada’s AIMCO agreed to a 10-year joint venture with a passive institutional investor for a $2.4 billion portfolio in California. It is one example…
Read More12.01.2020
What Makes a Hotel Suitable for Conversion?
Some hotels are well-suited for conversion, others are not. Here is how to tell the difference. The lodging industry is still facing various challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Being a people-centric, travel-dependent industry, it’s without…
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Most Investors Now Believe ESG Has a Positive Impact on Returns
A majority of investors and fund managers surveyed for Future of Alternatives 2025 believe ESG policies have a positive impact on returns, with 83% of fund managers expecting ESG to be more important by 2025. The environmental,…
Read More12.01.2020
Why You Should Consider Buying Non-Performing Real Estate Notes
Buying non-performing real estate notes from banks presents a great opportunity, but it’s not without risks. The Great Recession was fueled by bad loans in the real estate market that turned into non-performing loans for…
Read More11.30.2020
Update: The Business of Real Estate under the Current Public Health Order Effective December 2, 2020
Under the most recent Public Health Order, effective December 2, 2020 (“Order”), real estate falls within the “All Other Businesses” category, which allows brokers and brokerages to continue to conduct business. The new Order creates a tiered…
Read More11.30.2020
CRE Crowdfunding Navigates the Pandemic
COVID-19 has helped fuel activity in a burgeoning part of the commercial real estate finance and investment world. In an environment where more activity in general has been forced online, investors are getting increasingly comfortable…
Read More11.30.2020
Women Leaving the Workforce Is a Big Problem. Creative Space Use Is a Partial Solution.
Companies can turn unused or short-term office space into online learning hubs, allowing parents to bring older kids to work while staying productive. Women have been leaving the workforce at alarming levels during the Coronavirus…
Read More11.30.2020
Understanding the Role of Cap Rates in Determining Self-Storage Facility Value
Capitalization rates can be confusing, but they’re essentially a measure of investment risk. Learn how they’re used by investors and brokers to determine self-storage facility value. Let’s talk about the capitalization (cap) rate, that fuzzy,…
Read More11.30.2020
Real Estate Must Become More Resilient
After a year of record-breaking disasters, the need for real estate resiliency is clear. Tony Liou There is no denying that the number of natural disasters and their severity have increased over the years. Wildfires…
Read More11.30.2020
Office Jobs Are Recovering Faster Than Usual For a Recession
The recovery of office-using jobs in the third quarter suggests a bright future for physical offices. Don’t count office out yet. While the office sector has clearly struggled through the pandemic, office-using employment recovery indicates…
Read More11.30.2020
The US CRE Market Goes on Sale for Foreign Investors
Yet in Q3, cross-border investment fell 71% year over year to $3.5 billion. The US commercial real estate market is looking very cheap to foreign investors, who find their currency hedging costs aligning nicely with…
Read More11.25.2020
The Many Uses of Old Banks
If banks don’t become restaurants, they can also work as medical, office, food service, or general retail space. While many banks may be looking to close locations over the next few years, there is some…
Read More11.25.2020
Safety and Trust are Focuses for Flex Hotel Space
Kasa transforms vacant and underutilized real estate into trustworthy and flexible accommodations, and has entered into management agreements with owners in 35 markets across 15 states. SAN FRANCISCO—Of the $50 million in funding that Kasa…
Read More11.25.2020
New Multifamily Continues to Capture Investor Confidence
Multifamily market sentiments have risen from recent lows but lenders rank its performance higher than most other forms of commercial real estate despite persistent headwinds and ongoing uncertainty. Confidence in new multifamily housing increased in…
Read More11.25.2020
Creating Safe Retail Environments
When customers come into stores, they need to see that retailers are taking steps to protect them. Even though COVID is raging, there has been encouraging vaccine news over the last couple of weeks. Eventually,…
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