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Bridging the Office Market’s Buyer-Seller Gap

By Michael Dewey, Senior Vice President of Investments, PMRG: A growing number of investors with office buildings on the market are becoming uneasy this summer.

Dog Days of Summer 2016

By Brian O’Hear, Director, Calkain: The outlook for the triple-net-lease market for the remainder of this year promises to be exciting.

Apartment REITs Face Growing Supply, Plateauing Rents

By Stuart Eisenberg, Partner & RE Practice Leader, BDO USA LLP: Market conditions are raising red flags for many REITs. But several strategies can ease the potential revenue squeeze on apartment REITs.

MAA, Post Properties Merger Creates $17B REIT

The combined company will operate a portfolio of 105,000 multifamily units in 317 properties.

IRS Closes Remaining REIT Spinoff Loopholes

By Stuart Eisenberg & Bob Klein, BDO: The IRS and Treasury Department have closed a gap in tax law that allowed companies to spin off property holdings into REITs despite a December 2015 law banning the practice.

Net Lease in an Election Year: More of the Same or Change on the Way?

By Colby Moore, Director, Net Lease and Sale-Leaseback, Transwestern: As we near the halfway mark of this election year, are there any catalysts on the horizon that hint at meaningful change for net lease investors?

Don’t Be Left Out: CPE’s Distinguished Achievement Awards

It’s not too late! CPE has extended the deadline for the 2016 Distinguished Achievement Awards.

Amid Caution, Bank Lending Remains Robust

Despite regulatory warnings about banks’ rising exposure to commercial real estate, lending volume has showed little signs of slowing down in 2016.