Business Specialties

Anne Kinsella Thompson

How Big Data, Machine Learning are Shaping CRE Finance

A new white paper from the MIT Center for Real Estate examines changes and trends in commercial real estate financing that are being driven by these technologies.

Eric Jordan

Health-Care Financing Considerations

Calmwater Capital’s Eric Jordan analyzes the trends generating demand for the specialty asset category and the factors leading lenders to reassess risk.

Hiring Trends Buoy Suburban Rent Growth

Transwestern’s Jim Cardellicchio offers his perspective on why office and industrial properties outside of urban hubs are becoming increasingly attractive to investors and lenders.

New Construction, Pricing Pose Risks to REITs

Nareit Senior Vice President of Research & Economic Analysis Calvin Schnure assesses the extent to which overbuilding could undermine future valuations.

Randy Blankstein, president & founder of The Boulder Group

Why Is Drugstore Transaction Volume Plunging?

The Boulder Group President Randy Blankstein details how recent events in the sector are pushing investors to adjust their strategies.

Phase II Breaks Ground at Austin Office Complex

Zydeco Development is behind the MetCreative Office Campus, which will have a total of 410,000 square feet once fully completed.

ShopOne Hires New EVP of Leasing

Bob Dake will be responsible for leading the company’s leasing and merchandising strategies, reporting directly to CEO Michael Carroll.

Miami City Self Storage Expands in South Florida

The firm has opened three new properties totaling 240,000 square feet across 2,800 units in Miami, Doral and Fort Lauderdale.

Florida’s Sun Power to Grow by 7 GW

Solar generation will jump 44 percent over the next decade, the state public service commission predicts.

Wolfgang Kubatzki, managing director at Scope Investor Services

Risky Business: Report Ranks Global Investment Hazards

Scope Investors Services looked at 52 countries to assess potential risks of real estate markets and found Australia and the U.S. were the safest for investments and Argentina and Venezuela were the riskiest.