{"id":1004769895,"date":"2025-08-27T12:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004769895"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T15:30:19","slug":"cre-investors-gear-up-for-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cre-investors-gear-up-for-september\/","title":{"rendered":"CRE Investors Gear Up for Greater Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0c6296ad523&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignright size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"1004180489\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/looking-back-and-ahead\/ssilverman_101713_04-800x620\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1382007108&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Suzann D. Silverman, Editorial Director\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From the Editor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg?w=800\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg\" alt=\"Suzann D. Silverman, Editorial Director\" class=\"wp-image-1004180489\" style=\"width:380px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From the Editor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>September always seems like a time for new beginnings. It makes sense to me, but maybe I\u2019m just programmed to think that way, trained by years and years of school schedules (first mine and now my kids\u2019) to treat summer as a time to catch up and fall as a time to gear up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you really think about it, it\u2019s a funny concept. After all, we\u2019re already well into the year, and here in the Northern Hemisphere the weather\u2019s cooling as we head toward winter. Fall is harvest season, leaf-changing season for those of us that are far enough north. Not exactly a time of rebirth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-fl-body-text-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mydigitalpublication.com\/publication\/?i=851610\" style=\"background-color:#1bb1ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>READ THE MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But in the real estate industry, it <em>is<\/em> a busier time. Maybe even <em>the<\/em> busiest time. Although business doesn\u2019t really slow down in the summer the way it used to, the meeting schedule picks back up in the fall, there\u2019s a race to close deals before year-end, and clients are looking to meet their annual cap ex plans. September also marks the beginning of budget season for the year to come, a time to analyze business performance and devise strategy adjustments. So maybe it\u2019s a time of rebirth, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which perhaps makes it less surprising that as we head toward the latter part of the year, the real estate industry seems to be settling into a certain amount of business as usual. In fact, while sentiment surveys earlier in the year indicated a good deal of hesitation as businesses sought a clearcut direction in the face of the many changes introduced by the new administration and turmoil around the world, in July the CRE Finance Council\u2019s Board of Governors Sentiment Index <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/sentiment-market-optimism-surge-crefc\/\">signaled a significant upward shift<\/a> in comfort level, with only a small percentage of respondents viewing the 12-month outlook for CRE finance business negatively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign investors, too, are feeling more confident about doing business in the U.S., after a 49 percent decrease in transactions last year due to economic and political uncertainty worldwide, according to MSCI Real Capital Analytics, and continued hesitation in the face of fluctuating tariffs and interest rate questions this year. With the U.S. still a relatively stable option for long-term investment, they\u2019re adjusting their strategies and moving forward, Gabriel Frank reports in his trend story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/foreign-investors-recalibrate-amid-uncertainties\/\">Foreign Investors Recalibrate Amid Uncertainties<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not really surprising that their response is to adapt in order to move forward. It\u2019s a hallmark of this creative, innovative industry, where those with vision and an ability to shift tend to be the ones who outride the challenges. (Another example is an exploration of partial office conversions in New York City, which Diana Mosher discusses in her feature story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/are-partial-conversions-right-for-you\/\">Are Partial Conversions Right for You?<\/a>\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the timing of the increased confidence? That\u2019s hardly a foregone conclusion. But the end-of-year surge in business adrenaline certainly helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we head toward the latter part of the year, the real estate industry is growing more comfortable with the idea of pursuing a certain amount of business as usual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":755,"featured_media":1004180489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1521,21788,21825,21783],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004769895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","category-editors-notes","category-finance","category-investment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CRE Investors Gear Up for Greater Activity - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cre-investors-gear-up-for-september\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CRE Investors Gear Up for Greater Activity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As we head toward the latter part of the year, the real estate industry is growing more comfortable with the idea of pursuing a certain amount of business as usual.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cre-investors-gear-up-for-september\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T20:59:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T15:30:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/06\/SSilverman_101713_04-800x620.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Suzann D. 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