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New alternatives promise increased thermal performance in less space.

Source: Real Capital Analytics Inc.

By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group: For investors acquiring investment-grade net lease properties, dollar stores remain one of the higher-yielding options, as they are trading at a 77 basis-point discount to the net lease market as a whole.

By Steven Marks, Head of U.S. REITs, Fitch Ratings: Vibrant capital markets and lukewarm property fundamentals augur for a continued stable outlook for U.S. equity REITs in 2013. One key area, however, that has potentially significant impact and bears close watch will be the looming fiscal cliff.

By Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: The other day I was assembling a PowerPoint presentation, shuffling graphs and trying to build a story line that made sense, when all of a sudden I had one of those “ah-ha” moments when I put two graphs side by side.

By Steve Jaffe, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, BH Properties: Some people ask if it is too late to become a distressed investor. In my view, the answer is categorically “no.”

By Anna Spiewak, News Editor: Tenant demand for multi-family units has been insatiable since the bursting of the single-family residential bubble, despite persistent macroeconomic headwinds. But according to a new report released last week by Fitch Ratings, what goes up does eventually have to come down—not only in physics but, apparently, in commercial real estate, as well.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. projects how long it will take for Lower Manhattan’s flood-impacted office buildings to be brought back online.