Anna Spiewak

Economy Watch: Residential Real Estate’s Tepid Optimism

Homebuilders aren’t pessimistic these days, but they aren’t overly optimistic about the state of their business either.

INTERNATIONAL: 313-Room Luxury Ritz-Carlton Debuts in Bali

The Ritz-Carlton has expanded all the way to Indonesia.

FEBRUARY ISSUE: Property Management–Getting the Goods

Find out how procurement policies balance multiple mandates.

Loews Hotels & Resorts Sets Foot in San Francisco

It will be a first for Loews Hotels & Resorts—an entree into San Francisco’s hot hospitality market.

Economy Watch: West Coast Crises’ Impact on Real Estate

Recent and potentially long-term events on the West Coast are threatening to do some harm to the U.S. economy, and with it certain aspects of the commercial real estate market, and maybe not just in California.

David Kollmorgen: The Big Deal with Big Data

The good news is corporate real estate is starting to use the new BI tools, concomitant analytics and data visualizations to rapidly improve how large companies can leverage their corporate real estate portfolios.

Economy Watch Weekly: Retail’s Positive Present, Murky Future

Economy writer Dees Stribling offers his weekly roundup of indicators for the week ended Feb. 13, 2015.

INTERNATIONAL: World’s First Hotel Staffed by Robots Opens in Japan

A theme park located in Japan’s Nagasaki Prefecture will soon get a hotel partially staffed by robots capable of identifying human faces.

Economy Watch: Is Consumer Sentiment Important for CRE?

Does consumer sentiment and confidence matter for commercial real estate?