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By Jenny Redlin, Principal, Partner Engineering & Science Inc.: In the climate of intense regulatory scrutiny and risk aversion over the last few years, many of our lender clients have tightened, or adopted for the first time, their policies on managing environmental and physical risks of lending on commercial and multi-family properties.

By Maria Maslovsky, Assistant Vice President & Analyst for Commercial Real Estate Finance, Moody’s Investors Service: The variety of property-related companies choosing to become REITs has greatly expanded in recent years.

By Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: Interest rates have bumped up recently, with the 10-year Treasury yield increasing from 1.70 percent on April 30 to 2.16 percent on May 31.

By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group: Cap rates in the single-tenant bank ground lease sector compressed by 85 basis points over the past year to a 5.0 percent cap rate.

The United States Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued a revised exposure draft outlining proposed changes to lease accounting that will alter current accounting and financial disclosure requirements for both real estate and equipment leases.

As high-speed deliveries of online-ordered goods become more of an expectation, retailers are experimenting with methods of achieving same-day—and in some cases even faster—delivery.

Fact: Ten thousand Baby Boomers will retire every single day over the next 19 years, according to Pew Research.