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The Amazon Factor
As a rule, corporate office site selection doesn’t exactly capture the public imagination, yet few real estate stories have made a splash like Amazon’s pending choice of location for its second North American headquarters.
Capital One’s Walk on the Wild Side of Workplace Design
In a time of rapid change for the corporate office, the financial services firm’s workplace solutions team tells the story behind the signature design of its Chicago location.
2017 Top 50 Commercial Owners
While geopolitical, macroeconomic and real estate market uncertainty contributed to a modest slowdown in commercial real estate transaction activity to start off 2017, volume picked up as the year progressed, with prices remaining high and cap rates and interest rates still at historic lows.
Energy’s Promise
Commercial real estate’s high level of energy consumption and resultant potential for cost savings have long provided incentive to pursue improvements in temperature regulation, lighting, ventilation, and energy collection and return.
The October digital issue of CPE is now available!
This month we focus on Energy, with features on energy benchmarking practices for the commercial industry and options for financing retrofits. Additionally, in honor of our 30th anniversary as a magazine, we asked executives which of their CRE predictions came true and what they think is on the horizon. We hope you find our energy content interesting, and, dare we say, enlightening.
Getting Green to Go Green
While office buildings consume 19 percent of U.S. energy, according to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, other sectors are also seeking retrofit financing. But some property types are easier to finance than others.
The Retail Challenge
Energy Star is running a pilot with about 70 organizations through the end of this year for the Energy Star for Tenants program, previously known as Tenant Star.
Buildings That Learn
According to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, commercial buildings account for 19 percent of all U.S. energy consumed.
Future Forecasts: Top Executives Size Up CRE Predictions
From disruptive technology to the role of sustainability, there have been numerous prognostications regarding the evolution of the real estate industry. While the market can be unpredictable, industry experts have often been able to sense major shifts before they occurred, allowing them to prepare for changing conditions.
Pure Play. InvenTrust’s Tom McGuinness Goes All In on Retail
Tom McGuinness learned at an early age that real estate can be profitable. His parents purchased his childhood home in 1960 for $15,000. When they sold it 20 years later, the value had appreciated to $150,000. The lesson wasn’t lost on the future CEO.