THE HOTTEST JOB IN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE? INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT
Even after the pandemic, the chief health officer could be a permanent fixture in real estate. With office buildings empty and questions bubbling about when, or even if, people working from home will go back to working from work, the life of an office landlord during the coronavirus pandemic is “very busy.” That’s how it’s […]
RETURNING TO WORK: DISEASE-PREVENTION TRENDS
With the expectation of employees returning to work, whether May 18 or a later date, companies need to be prepared to not only provide a safe environment now, but fundamentally alter their office spaces to accommodate employees’ newest priority: staying healthy and minimizing the spread of germs. Future Alterations and Disease-Prevention Trends in Office Space […]
WHERE DO I FIND REAL ESTATE CAPITAL RIGHT NOW?
With the commercial real estate industry in a relative standstill right now, lenders have become increasingly cautious, particularly because rent collections are uncertain in the short term in every asset class. Instability in capital markets, rising unemployment and thefree fall of public REITs have caused lenders to switch their approach from offense to defense. For […]
REAL ESTATE FIRMS EXPECT CORONAVIRUS-DRIVEN SHIFTS WILL SPUR WAREHOUSE DEMAND
NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC SHOCKS SEEN GIVING WAY TO CHANGING NEEDS, BIGGER INVENTORIES TO MEET CONSUMER MARKETS Industrial real-estate operators expect the disruption of consumer supply chains caused by the coronavirus pandemic to drive a new surge in warehousing demand. Warehouse developers now helping some retail and logistics customers secure additional storage space as lockdowns trigger an […]
NAIOP: CORONAVIRUS WILL ACCELERATE THESE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE TRENDS
The coronavirus outbreak will accelerate commercial real estate trends that had been forming and cause dramatic changes in the industry faster than had been anticipated. The crisis will result in some short-term contractions in the industry, but will lead to a long-term expansion for commercial real estate generally, particularly in the industrial and warehouse sector. […]
COULD COVID-19 BENEFIT THE INDUSTRIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET?
There is no doubt COVID-19 will negatively affect many sectors of the real estate market, but not all industries will be impacted in the same way. Industrial real estate, in particular, may actually benefit from the current crisis. CBRE Group (NYSE: CBRE) published a market update on April 8, 2020, specifically relating to the impact […]