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The High Cost of Inaction
Investors often consider the implications of buying a piece of real estate, but they don’t as often think about the cost of not buying, warns Solomon Poretsky, EVP of Organization Development at SVN International Corp.
US Industrial REITs Benefit From Rising Warehouse Demand
Warehouse space is likely to remain in steady demand, supported by favorable fundamentals and the rapid growth of e-commerce sales, notes Moody’s Investors Service Analyst Alice Chung.
Enhanced Protection for Preferred Equity Deals
Preferred equity JVs can be an attractive way to invest in real estate transactions and earn high returns, but investors should consider certain protections in order to better secure their return on investment, argues Pircher, Nichols & Meeks Partner Michael Scheinberg.
Transwestern: Autonomous Vehicles to Shape CRE
Driverless cars will one day be ubiquitous, and their presence will have a tangible effect on the urban landscape, changing development activity in the office, industrial and retail sectors.
Next Steps for Health Care
As patients’ needs change and technology advances, health-care developments are adapting. Mainstreet Group’s Zeke Turner considers how the health-care real estate sector is shifting—and attracting investors along the way.
Economy Watch Weekly: Industrial Sector Benefits from Last-Mile Demand
There’s no doubt that industrial assets are in high demand among domestic and foreign investors, but what’s driving the sector’s success? Economy Editor Dees Stribling has the latest, for the week ending Oct. 27, 2017.
Do You Have a Competitive Edge?
Scarcity of talent is a growing difficulty for American businesses. Real estate owners and operators are in a unique position to help out—and benefit in the process, affirmed Spencer Levy and others during CREW Network’s 2017 convention.
Industrial Boom Has Room to Grow
Three developers shared their perspectives on why the sector is in such high demand and what the potential risks are to the property type, at the 2017 ULI Fall Meeting in Los Angeles.
Economy Watch: GDP Growth Consistent in 3Q
Real GDP growth hit 3 percent in the third quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, driven by increases in personal consumption expenditures, private inventory investment and other factors.
Economy Watch: CRE Values Slide Again, Ten-X Reports
Prices slipped for the sixth consecutive month in October. A buyer-seller disconnect, investor uncertainty and expectations of interest rate hikes may be contributing.