{"id":1004679693,"date":"2023-09-13T02:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T10:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004679693"},"modified":"2025-02-25T04:26:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:26:30","slug":"poll-results-emerging-investment-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/poll-results-emerging-investment-alternatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Results: Emerging Investment Alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004679788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/poll-results-emerging-investment-alternatives\/0923_cpe_poll\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0923_CPE_poll\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg?w=800\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004679788 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/09\/0923_CPE_poll.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Commercial Property Executive<\/em>\u2019s latest monthly poll asked readers about their planned investment alternatives, at a time of deflated transaction volumes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office-refinancings-remain-a-tough-sell\/\">shortages of available capital<\/a> for investments in nearly all asset classes.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of respondents identified distressed assets as their biggest area of interest, at a time when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/office-sector-faces-increased-risk-of-distressed-activity\/\">office<\/a> and retail sectors suffer from both latent and acute struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Often, the deals that do take place for distressed properties include some form of longer-term investment in a redevelopment or substantial capital improvements. For their part, some distressed office assets are being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-tricky-task-of-office-to-residential-conversions\/\">converted<\/a> to multifamily housing or are undergoing vast amenity-focused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/property-management-success-new-formulas-for-the-new-office\/\">capital improvement<\/a> projects, while many recent high-profile retail investments have included some form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/lincoln-paragon-form-retail-investment-jv\/\">redevelopment plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/how-cautious-lending-impacts-construction-financing\/\"><span class=\"fl-heading-text\">How Cautious Lending Impacts Construction Financing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The remainder of responses were split evenly between investments in preferred equity, alongside identifying no further investment plans. Preferred equity is emerging as a viable opportunity, as owners and operators of commercial space face maturing loans, high interest rates and deflated property values. According to Steven Peterson, a partner in Alston &amp; Bird\u2019s Real Estate Group, the investment type <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/bridging-the-equity-gap-with-preferred-equity\/\">is becoming lucrative<\/a> in part due to the potential for stable, guaranteed returns, with a lesser risk of loss in comparison to many common equity investments.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/polls\/\">Click here\u00a0<\/a>to see CPE\u2019s latest poll, and the results of previous surveys.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distressed assets stood well above all other areas of interest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3012,"featured_media":1004679788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21783,21742],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004679693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-investment","category-latest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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