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Construction Cutbacks

(change in U.S. commercial real estate under construction)

Common Core, Home Bias

(investment style and geographic focus of investment for major pension funds and SWFs)

JLL: Office Sector Delivered Strongest Performance Since Recession in Q1 2014

The office sector, often known to be on the bottom part of the real estate food chain, is making waves as of late, showing strong net absorption, spiked up rents and rise in development, according to JLL’s Q1 2014 Office Highlights.

Trends in Office, Industrial and Why Multi-Family Might be Cooling Off

USAA Real Estate Company’s Bahram Motamedian gives insight on the company’s current investment strategy. Today the firm is a net seller of core assets, but is looking for value-add opportunities in secondary markets as well as BTS or speculative development opportunities in office. Speculative industrial is also looking hot, while multi-family is not.

Michael Fried: M-Gen Multi-Family

Michael Fried, founder & CEO of Phoenix Realty Group L.L.C., blogs about how his company is striving to connect with the Millennial generation.

APRIL ISSUE: Hudson Yards Launches a Neighborhood

As the massive, $15 billion Hudson Yards development begins to take shape on Manhattan’s West Side, the commercial real estate world is taking notice.