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How Self-Driving Cars Could Change the Workplace
When people no longer have to drive themselves to their office jobs, the preferred locations for those jobs will no longer be confined within a limited distance from the market’s economic core, predicts Andrew Kupiec, the CEO of Hana, a CBRE affiliate.
Debt Funds: What CRE Investors Need to Know
Understanding how these platforms compete and which are best suited for a particular transaction can add tremendous value to owners’ capital structures, notes Draper & Kramer’s Matthew Wurtzebach.
Retail Lending Tightens to Reflect Broader Concerns
There is still plenty of capital available for the right deal; however, developers and investors now must do more searching, according to Marcus & Millichap’s Chad O’Connor.
Drugstore Wars Are Redefining Health Care
The traditionally clear lines of service among pharmacies, insurance providers and now walk-in health-care facilities are blurring and that has implications for commercial real estate and other industries, explains Calkain Cos. President & CEO Jonathan Calkain.
How Brexit, Ecommerce Are Disrupting UK Real Estate
The biggest theme in the UK market over the past year has not been political turmoil. It has been the structural change in retail, according to Matthew Goulding of CenterSquare Investment Management.
Smooth Sailing for CRE, But Keep an Eye on the Weather
As long as occupancy remains buoyant, minor rate moves no longer carry the weight they used to, says Case Real Estate Capital’s Sanford Herrick.
Retail Properties With Strong Tenants Thrive
Positive economic activity and an abundance of capital have further sustained demand for well-located investment property, both within single-tenant and multi-tenant sites, says Matthew Mosavi of SRS.
Talk is Cheap: Opportunity Zone Investment Remains Tepid
Restrictions and lingering questions have stalled the rush of activity that was expected when these tax-based incentives were announced.
Opportunity Zones Heat Up in South Florida
Coral Gables, Wynwood and Hialeah are among the likely hotspots for investments driven by the stimulus program, according to Duane Morris attorneys Jay Steinman, William Rohrer and Brad Molotsky.
Industrial REITs Cautious Amid Tariffs, Trade Turbulence
After years of sustained growth, warehouse and distribution real estate is being impacted by protectionist trade policies that slow the flow of goods, contends BDO’s Stuart Eisenberg.