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Starpoint CEO Paul Daneshrad blogs about the direction of multi-family performance and the impact on cap rates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE-kHpyKMAU&feature=youtu.be

Following the vigorous 2012 year-end rush, hotel investment volumes in Q1 2013 remained robust, totaling $10.8 billion globally, representing a 53 percent increase year over year (y/y). Activity was largely driven by a number of notable portfolio sales in the Americas and EMEA – portfolio sales’ volumes in the first three months of this year totaled more than 2.75 times those experienced in Q1 2012 and accounted for 54 percent of total volumes vs. 30 percent last year. Single asset sales showed a similar level of volume compared to last year, even though average deal size was up 25 percent….

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Starpoint CEO Paul Daneshrad blogs about his concerns regarding the pressures on multi-family from interest and cap rates.  

It’s a tremendous accomplishment for a building to receive LEED for New Construction certification. But increasingly, buildings that were designed and constructed to LEED standards are proving their operating performance by certifying using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (EB:O&M). Any building of any age can certify under EB:O&M, but it can be used as soon as one year after occupancy to prove the post-occupancy performance of a new LEED building. After all, a LEED certification for design and construction is just that — by definition it doesn’t cover the future operations of the building. A new LEED building…

It’s easy for store retailers competing with online retailers to feel like they are pushing a boulder up a mountain in today’s web-driven economy. Price-conscious, computer-savvy shoppers will almost always find an item cheaper on the Internet than in local stores. The good news is that not all consumers shop on price alone. According to a Deloitte survey, nearly a third of consumers want to see the actual product before purchasing it, which validates the role of the brick-and-mortar store. Another survey by Ipsos reports that 59 percent of U.S. shoppers prefer to make their purchase in-store as opposed to…

Alan Dibartolomeo, chief development officer for AMF Development, blogs about designing multi-family properties to meet Gen Y requirements.

The United States: A More Promising Start to 2013 Although there will continue to be headwinds throughout much of 2013, there are signs that the United States’ retail property market may soon turn a corner. In the first quarter of 2013, $8.2 billion in of retail properties transacted in the United States, and the retail pipeline remains robust. The sector has tremendous pent up demand for core properties. Interest rates are still incredibly low, and will be low for the foreseeable future compressing cap rates for quality product. Net absorption easily outstripped new supply during the quarter by nearly one…

In order to lead JLL Retail’s local market expansion in the Southeast, my wife and I recently returned to Atlanta from Montgomery, Alabama. We’ve enjoyed getting reacquainted with the city and the retail market in the region, and have realized that the retail landscape is as diverse as it is prevalent. Each market has something different to offer, and when you look at the recovery of retail real estate in cities throughout the region, you see that not all markets are created – or recovering – equally. During our exploration of Southeast retail, three markets stood out as important to…

E-commerce has become an important sales channel for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, which are now vying for market share from e-commerce shopping sites that have set the bar on customer experience. Specifically, retailers are increasingly adopting a “multi-channel strategy,” resulting in changes in the design, construction and development of the buildings that comprise the supply chain – for both speculative and build-to-suit facilities. Below are just a few of the ways retailers are preparing for and executing their multi-channel strategy – and it’s all about design: Mezzanine areas are multiplying: E-commerce companies typically have large mezzanine areas, which require ceiling heights…