In the Commercial Real Estate industry, the importance of a building’s construction and sustainability is at an all-time high. These factors play a crucial role in deciding its long-term value, operational efficiency, and environmental impact. Here are a few stories that display innovative architecture and engineering from around the world to create more environmentally friendly…
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Commercial real estate (CRE) is considered an investment class that is a valuable alternative to more traditional investment classes such as stocks, bonds, and money market accounts. This is not to say that CRE should replace these investment classes in a portfolio. Still, it is an effective way to diversify the portfolio and add an…
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The New Year is just around the corner, and market trends and movements in the market continue to highlight how the pandemic and “The Great Decentralization” of many businesses across the USA and around the world have changed the market for commercial real estate. It is easy to fall into the trap of watching the…
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Inflation impacts all aspects of the economy, and commercial real estate is not immune to the impact of both inflation and rising interest rates. At a time when many investors are considering CRE as a way to weather the storm of increasing interest rates, there are other issues to consider when determining if this is…
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Diversifying your investment portfolio can include adding a variety of different types of commercial real estate properties. Many investors tend to favor high end office buildings or retail sector holdings, but there is a case to be made for adding multifamily apartment buildings and condos. As with any type of commercial property, there are a…
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One of the challenges in any commercial property transaction is creating a deal or contract that benefits your client while also satisfying the other side. In volatile markets and where commercial property vacancies are on the rise, developing negotiation strategies that lead to a win-win rather than a win-lose agreement is a plus for everyone…
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Let’s face it, a lot has changed within recent months, and these changes were not on our radar screen when we originally designed our goals for 2020. So with this in mind, might it be appropriate right now to revisit the goals that you set for yourself this year, to determine whether or not they…
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While we’re right in the middle of dealing with everything that’s going on right now, and people are trying to get their bearings on what now to expect, the question arises around whether or not we’ll see good real estate investment opportunities coming our way. Well the answer is, “Yes, we will see good investment…
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The coronavirus has completely disrupted our economy, as well as our entire way of life. Businesses have been shut down, people have been laid off, and there are businesses that we will never see reopen again. The retail and the hospitality sectors have been especially hard hit, as because of the quarantines that we’ve been…
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We’re living in very challenging times, and if you’re a landlord, and you haven’t yet been asked for a rent reduction or a rent concession from one of your tenants, the chances are pretty good that this may still happen to you. So with this in mind, how should you then respond to this request?…
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