COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS IN RECESSIONARY TIMES
The longest bull market in history came to an end in March 2020. A pandemic-driven economic shutdown plunged us into a recession. And while we all know what a recession means for the stock market, one has to wonder what it means for commercial real estate. To better understand the performance of commercial real estate, […]
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 […]
MORE BIG EMPLOYERS ARE TALKING ABOUT PERMANENT WORK-FROM HOME POSITIONS
Thousands of Americans are waiting to return to normalcy, but for many that may not mean going back to an office. Working from home could be the new normal for many employees as more major employers and CEOs, including Mondelez, Nationwide and Barclays, talk about a permanent shift to work from home and reduced office […]
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. […]