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Office REIT Sector Still Improving Amidst Plodding Recovery
By Karen L. Nickerson, Vice President & Senior Credit Officer of Moody’s Investors Service: The office REIT sector continues to improve, although uncertainty surrounding U.S. fiscal policy remains a drag on the sector’s fundamentals.
The Return of Goldilocks
By Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: A few years ago analysts were calling the then-current phase of the economic cycle the Goldilocks recovery – strong enough to create jobs but not so strong as to push the Federal Reserve into raising interest rates.
Mixed Signs for Hotel Sector in Global Capital Markets
By Michael Fishbin, Global Leader, Ernst & Young Hospitality Services Practice: In the wake of continued economic and political uncertainty, real estate capital markets have displayed mixed results, and there are signs of pent-up investor demand.
Losing Steam
(city momentum through Q2 2012, based on year-over-year all-property returns)
Industrial Evolution: A Four-Year Market Outlook
Predictions on the industrial market for 2013 to 2016 mirror the general economic outlook, with a few exceptions, according to an industrial real estate forecast released by Cushman & Wakefield Inc. in late January.
PKF Economists Ask: Should Hoteliers Worry About the Negative Fourth Quarter Change in GDP?
By Mark Woodworth and Jamie Lane The Commerce Department recently released a negative estimate of real GDP change for the fourth quarter. Given the correlation between changes in GDP and the demand for hotel rooms, is this an ominous sign for the U.S. lodging industry? We do not think so, and here’s why: First and foremost, the Commerce Department statistic represents the quarter-to-quarter change in GDP. Because of the seasonal nature of lodging demand, the GDP measure that is typically more comparable to hotels is the year-over-year change in GDP, which was up 1.5 percent. According to Smith Travel Research…
Hungry Buyers, Single Tenants
Buyers hungry for secure and stable investment options have driven significant demand for triple-net-leased, single-tenant retail properties this year.
Turnaround in Baton Rouge: Troubled Perkins Rowe Project Gets a Second Chance
As a federal case over foreclosure dragged on for more than three years, a comprehensive property management program restored stakeholders’ confidence in the mixed-use project.
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