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MARKET REPORT: Vacancy, Employment Up in Austin

The Silicon Hills nickname Austin received in the 1990s proves to still be a suitable one for the current times due to the technology firms that are continuously attracted to this area.

Cassidy Turley: Single-Tenant, Net-Lease Investment Overview

In a new report focusing on single-tenant, net-lease investments, Cassidy Turley reveals that ever since the economic downturn, investor demand for low-risk commercial real estate investments has surged.

Randy Blankenstein

Net-Lease Banks Reach Lowest Cap Rates in History

By Randy Blankstein, President, The Boulder Group: Investor demand for bank ground lease properties remains strong as banks are one of the few single-tenant, net-lease options with long-term leases and rental escalations in the primary terms.

Demand for U.S. Logistics RE Faces Lack of Available Top-Tier Industrial Space

By Alice Chung, Analyst, CRE Finance, Moodys: Industrial market fundamentals in the U.S. are in solid recovery mode, driven by an improving housing market and continued growth in e-commerce sales.

Technology & RE

By Robert Bach, National Director of Market Analytics, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank: Let me take off my green, capital markets eyeshades for a moment and don my pointy, wizard-like economist hat so I can talk about technology.

Refinancing Dilemma: Pay Now, Or Lock In Later?

By Brandon Harrington, Senior Vice President & Matt Steffen, Vice President, Capital Markets, Walker & Dunlop: There is a tremendous amount of multi-housing debt maturing in 2014, 2015 and 2016–$200 billion in 2015 alone–an imposing tsunami of maturities.

Phillip Nahas: Development Opportunities in a Maturing M-F Sector

There is no denying that the multi-family sector has performed well over the past few years. The recovery of the sector preceded other commercial real estate property types after the most recent financial crisis.