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CoStar: Office Construction on the Rise in Secondary Markets
A new report by CoStar shows that while office construction hasn’t been a major factor in commercial real estate in 2013, due to rapidly improving fundamentals and rent growth that is reaching levels that justify new construction, many smaller secondary markets have a growing pipeline of planned projects that will have a significant impact on the market moving forward.
Single-Tenant Dollar Store Sector Trades at Discount to Market
By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group. Cap rates in the single-tenant, net-leased dollar store sector compressed from the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013.
U.S. Healthcare REITs Find Opportunity Overseas
By Jeff Walraven, Assurance Partner, BDO USA L.L.P.: For REITs, securing seniors housing and other healthcare asset property types abroad can offer increased portfolio diversity, international presence and exposure to new, emerging markets.
Demographics Trend Fuel CRE Investment Strategy
By Terrell Gates, CEO & Founder, Virtus Real Estate Capital: What’s the outlook for commercial real estate? Current valuations seem frothy for traditional property asset types, driven mostly by the fluctuations of capital markets, interest rates, the economy and general real estate market cycles.
Lights Are Back On, but is Anybody Home?
By Marcelo Bermúdez, President, Figueroa Capital Group, subsidiary of Charles Dunn Co.: Last fall, bond yields were hitting what is now their 52-week low. Since then, yields have doubled, and in some cases tripled, depending on their maturity date.
LEED Certification for Hotels and Hospitality
LEED certification and green building issues are becoming ever more prominent on the hotel facilities management front. Facility managers from across the hospitality industry are having their development efforts scrutinized for water and energy efficiency, management of waste reduction, local and sustainable buying, and use of alternate forms of transportation. This attention to sustainability and green issues can have an impact on hotels’ bottom lines. Read the entire article on our blog site at https://blog.commercialsearch.com/news/global-green-design/leed-certification-for-hotels-and-hospitality/
Building Costs Climb as Development Revives
As development picks up speed, a steady rise in prices is an inevitable side effect. The cost of building has increased 4.3 percent since the third quarter of 2012, according to Turner Construction Co., which has tracked trends in construction prices for decades. For strategies to add greater value through asset upgrades, turn to “Makeovers in Motion” in the December 2013 issue of CPE.
Case Study: Bullitt Center
Bullitt Center offers a unique example of a waterless alternative in bathrooms.
Investors are interested in certainty and therefore the particular tenant is the most important thing.
–Dan Weld, Principal, Cassidy Turley
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