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Is Inflation Anxiety Hurting the Retail Real Estate Market?
Earlier this month, Bisnow reported that foot traffic was down at U.S. grocery-anchored retail centers in the U.S. during the third quarter due to inflation. Retail industry analytics provider Placer.ai recorded a 3.93% decrease in grocery store visits in Q3. That trend could be troubling for the retail real estate market as grocery stores are…
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Rising Inflation Could Cost the Commercial Real Estate Sector $733B in 2022
The U.S. Bureau for Labor Statistics recently reported that the consumer price index rose by 0.1% last month and 8.3% year-over-year. Market analysts expressed surprise that the U.S. Federal Reserve increasing interest rates by 2% this year didn’t curtail America’s rising inflation rate. The unexpected outcome also strengthened some experts’ conviction that a recession is…
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Commercial Real Estate’s Most Critical Issue: A Labor Shortage
Commercial real estate executives have a lot to worry about these days. Inflation and rising interest rates, continued supply chain challenges and an unstable geopolitical environment have all but ensured a restless night’s sleep, but in the last 12 months, a new challenge has emerged to trump them all: a labor shortage.
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These are the Best Markets for Office Building Development
Over the last two years, U.S. companies have had their teams work remotely during the coronavirus pandemic. But with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommending an end to quarantine and social distance mandates, firms have been eager to bring their employees back to the office. However, many staffers based in major cities…
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Is the Life Sciences Real Estate Boom Over?
The looming U.S recession has cast a pall over the commercial real estate market, with sales tumbling by 16% year-over-year in April. The Economist explained that investors’ enthusiasm for offices, hotels, apartment complexes, and warehouses has diminished as debt costs have risen and household budgets have fallen. In addition, 53% of employees are hesitant about…
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Industrial Developers Are Suddenly Facing Headwinds
Over the last decade, the industrial sector has become the most dominant force in the commercial real estate market. Long before the pandemic, the asset class was crowned the industry’s darling, and since the pandemic, user demand and investor appetite have intensified, resulting in an unprecedented level of growth. For the last decade, the market…
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Two Multifamily Development Trends to Watch for the Rest of 2022
According to GlobeSt, multifamily construction is at its highest level in 40 years, with over 800k projects underway and 450k projects set to be completed this year.
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Shopping Malls Are a Blank Canvas of Opportunity for Real Estate Developers
In a 1999 interview with Wired, Jeff Bezos boldly predicted, “Strip malls are history.” As it turned out, he was the one to kill them.
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Emerging Markets Steal Commercial Real Estate Construction Spotlight
“If you build it, they will come.”