Michelle Matteson

Program Improvements

Both general and more targeted certification programs have been undergoing updates in recent months. CPE offers details on the updates each program has made.

Twitter Chat with Bob Bach

Join us for a live Twitter chat with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank National Director of Market Analytics Robert Bach on April 18, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m. (EST) Questions about today’s outlook for the commercial real estate leasing and capital markets? Wondering which property types and metros will outperform over the next few years? Robert Bach will be chatting on Twitter with CPE editors, welcoming your questions. The national director of market analytics at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has unique insight based on his 35 years of experience in real estate market research, consulting and city planning, and is widely quoted…

LEED-ing Benefits for CRE

(top 10 states by number of certified commercial projects)   Since the inception of the LEED green building system in 2000, the commercial real estate space has been among its earliest adopters and supporters. It’s easy to see why: Lease-up rates for green buildings typically range to as high as 20 percent above average, while LEED-certified buildings command rent premiums of $11.33 per square foot over non-LEED buildings and have 4.1 percent higher occupancy. Coupled with the competitive differentiation that LEED-building owners and tenants enjoy and the cost effectiveness of LEED buildings, it is clear that LEED certification is a…

Building Back

(change in U.S. commercial real estate under construction)

A Piece of the Pie

(investment sales for past 12 months ending Jan. 31, 2013)

Favorable February

(employed and unemployed persons by occupation; not seasonally adjusted; numbers in thousands)

Year-End Improvements

(U.S. retail market conditions*)

Canada’s New Heights

(all-property annual total returns, indexed to Q4 2000)

Keeping Current

(CMBS delinquencies by property type; $ in billions)

Top Deals

(REIT index total returns)