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How Health Care Planning, Design Can Foster Community

As the role of health care facilities change, developers are finding more opportunities to design and develop properties that provide a strong connection to their communities.

Is Downtown L.A. Embracing New Urbanism?

As a construction boom transforms the city, California’s capital of car culture is embracing the principles of density, walkability and verticality.

Increasing ROI Through Adaptive Reuse

Owners and investors are pursuing more adaptive reuse projects in search of higher profitability and returns, argues McCormick Construction President & CEO Michael McCormick.

Investors Turn Attention to Suburban Office

Due to price escalations and limited supply of CBD office assets, investors are reconsidering the suburbs in their quest for yield, notes Leah Gallagher, Transwestern’s San Antonio city leader.

REITs Provide Alternative to ‘Develop-to-Core’

Rather than compete to purchase core real estate assets, investors are looking to develop their own projects. But investors should consider REITs with a greater development focus as another option, argues Scott Crowe, CenterSquare’s chief investment strategist.

Sustainably Sourced: Impact of Fresh Options on QSR Sector

As consumers increasingly favor locally sourced and fresh ingredients, what will the impact be on quick-service restaurant owners and investors? Stan Johnson Co.’s Clint Robison and Lanie Beck believe having a well-located property is key.

Making the Grade

While there was substantial growth during the Obama years, it was attributable to the normal recovery as the U.S. economy emerges from an economic downturn. After Obama’s eight-year term, the U.S. has achieved the same slow economic growth as the social democratic economies of Europe and Japan.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Rate Hike?

You shouldn’t be, because the Fed’s moves are actually good news. CapStack’s CEO explains which economic and capital markets trends are more reliable signs of market performance.

How 100,000 Immigrants and CRE Can Make 1.6M Jobs

The EB-5 visa program is well known in property and infrastructure development circles. Congress is working to beat an April 28 deadline to reauthorize the program before it expires.

Right-Sizing Your Parking

A half-century of parking planning has taught us that cookie-cutter planning doesn’t work because each development is unique, with its own challenges, opportunities and resources.