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Life House Secures $100M in Equity Capital
The funding from Blue Flag Partners is expected to enable the lifestyle hotel brand and management company to substantially expand its portfolio.
Fund Buys 3 MSF Self Storage Portfolio
SROA Capital Fund VII picked up the 50 properties, spread across six states. The sale marks one of the largest of its kind.
What to Expect From Deutsche Bank’s Reorganization
As an overhaul gets under way at the financial services giant, capital markets insiders size up what’s ahead for the company’s commercial real estate lending.
The New Workplace: A Millennial Designer’s Perspective
MKDA’s Emma Tessler on the open office, generational differences and the coolest new products at this year’s NeoCon.
US Jobs Picture Holds Steady
While several of the big-picture numbers hardly budged, total nonfarm employment rose, with substantial gains seen in professional and business services, health care, and transportation and warehousing.
CPE Podcast: What’s Changing in Executive Compensation Trends
FTI Consulting Managing Director Jarret Sues provides details about executive pay levels for the first 30 self-managed REITs that filed their proxy statements. Tune in to find out how REITs allocated additional pay in 2019!
Opportunity Zones Attract Serious Money
Though estimates of the total capital inflows cover a wide range, even the numbers near the lower end—$100 billion—are big enough that they’re starting to affect CRE pricing.
Saturated Markets Push Down Self Storage Rents
Street rates decreased in about 42 percent of the top markets tracked by Yardi Matrix. Nationally, rents fell by 0.9 percent for standard non-climate-controlled units and 2.2 percent for climate-controlled units.
Despite Record Growth, CRE Industry Should Plan for Downturn
The economic expansion just became the longest in U.S. history, but now is the time to prepare for the next downturn, contends RCLCO Real Estate Advisors.
Q&A: JLL’s Ulbrich on HFF Buy and Beyond
Christian Ulbrich sets the stage for JLL after its acquisition of HFF and shares his expectations for the capital markets in the context of a possible economic slowdown.