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Singapore-based investors were highly active in U.S. commercial property markets last year, including CapitaLand, which scooped up a 3,787-unit multifamily portfolio for a total of $838 million last September. The 16 communities acquired by the real estate firm in the western U.S. include (from top): Marquessa Villas, a 336-unit community in Corona, Calif., and Stoneridge at Cornell, a 233-unit asset in Portland, Ore. Images courtesy of CapitaLand Ltd.

Foreign Investment Moves Beyond the Gateways

Lofty prices and compressed yields are causing global buyers to prospect in other lucrative, business-friendly states such as Texas and Florida.

Institutional Insights: Return to Core Values

As market volatility mounts, these investors are shifting their property type and geographic exposures and taking advantage of the latest proptech innovations.

Matthew Galligan, President, Real Estate Finance, CIT Group

Captain of Capital

The vice chairman of real estate finance at CIT Group looks back on a long career that has included roles at global financial institutions and startups.

Retailers and investors are focusing on smaller stores with higher revenue-per-square-foot targets. Sears Home & Life stores feature smaller formats and specialize in appliances and mattresses. Photo courtesy of Sears Holdings

Net Lease Investors Hungry for Casual Dining

Necessity-based retail is more e-commerce resistant, and there is a positive outlook for chain restaurants and gyms.

The June Digital Issue of CPE Is Now Available!

Now you can get trend and strategy insights two different ways: Leaf through the Commercial Property Executive digital digest for a quick read or click on individual articles below for an in-depth look at the topics that most interest you.

Editorial Director Suzann D. Silverman

Alive and Well

Today’s commercial buildings are benefiting from a growing array of technological options, making them more efficient, cost effective and healthy, while meeting an increasingly stringent set of regulatory requirements. With improvements come risks, though, and with adjustments happening in real time, it’s important to ensure cyber security measures are in place.

Industrial Real Estate Demand Growth is Decelerating

While ecommerce sales will continue to multiply, these two factors will dampen warehouse and distribution absorption, say Deloitte’s Steven Bandolik and Saurabh Mahajan.

The Most Powerful Brokerage Firms of 2019

The annual CPE/MHN rankings of the industry’s top transaction advisers, plus insights into the trends shaping the commercial real estate brokerage business.

Economic View: Why You Should Watch the Yield Curve

Some key economic indicators show continued strength, but there is more to the story. Trends in the yield curve appear to presage leaner times ahead, advises Hugh Kelly, the veteran real estate economist and CPE columnist.

Office Hoteling Best Practices

Office hoteling best practices recommend doing away with walls in order to encourage collaboration, but employees have trouble tuning out the noise all around them. Can unassigned seating really solve the problems created by open plan?