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What A Licensing Agreement Can Mean For Your Building’s Connectivity Needs
Cellular connectivity has moved higher on the office tenant wishlist. In addition to amenities and an ideal location, tenants look to properties...
With $6 Trillion In Potential Investment On The Line, Opportunity Zones Begin To Take Shape
Thousands of communities across the U.S. will soon have built-in incentives for investors to put money into their real estate and businesses thanks...
An $18B Rent Bill, A $934M Loss, But WeWork’s Membership And Occupancy Is Growing
WeWork is looking to raise $500M of debt in the junk bond market, and the offering documents for the bonds give rare insight into the flexible...
Rent Control Headed To California’s November Ballot
Proponents of expanded rent control in California want voters to decide whether to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. More than 300...
Old Navy Adding 60 New Stores, Remodeling 150 More This Year
Old Navy has emerged as one of the stronger brands in what is turning into a bloody 2018 for retail. Gap CEO Art Peck announced plans to open 60...
The Real Estate Industry Needs The U.S. Trade Deficit Trump Hates
President Donald Trump wants to cut the United States' trade deficit with China by $100B, but reducing the trade deficit could damage foreign real...
$12B-Plus E-Commerce Acquisition May Be Walmart's Most Expensive M&A Deal Ever
Walmart Inc. is in final talks to purchase a majority stake in India's leading e-commerce retailer, Flipkart Online Services Pvt. The deal, valued...
Eddie Lampert's Hedge Fund Offers To Acquire Some Of Sears Real Estate Holdings
ESL Investments, the hedge fund of Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert, offered to buy the troubled retailer's remaining real estate assets, as well...
CRE Investment Firms Turning To Email To Cast Wider Investor Net
Looking to buy a trophy office tower in Manhattan? Better check your spam folder. More real estate firms are adopting crowdsourcing behaviors when...
Office Deliveries Outpace Absorption In Q1, But ‘Market Still Has Room For Expansion’
Office leasing activity across the nation advanced in the first quarter, with tenants absorbing 5.2M SF, up from the negative 406K SF absorbed...
Oak Street Real Estate Capital: The Market For Sale-Leasebacks In Government Buildings Is Untapped
Oak Street Real Estate Capital's successful sale-leaseback strategies are well-suited for local and state governments facing budget crises,...
Fear Of The Steel Tariff Is Compounding Already-Escalating Materials Pricing
The price for steel drywall studs at Chicago's Reinke Supply has increased 30% so far this year — and manager Dave Herhold said there is nothing he...
Is Guitar Center Hanging By A String?
Could the world's largest instrument retailer be ready to sing bye bye, Miss American Pie"? That may indeed be the case for Guitar Center. The S&P...
Marriott To Pilot Home-Sharing Program In London
One of the world's largest hotel companies is joining its industry's revolution. Marriott International has launched a pilot program for home...
Westfield’s $300M PropTech Spinoff Wants To Give Physical Retail More Power And Data Than Amazon
There is an overlooked aspect of Unibail Rodamco’s $16B purchase of Westfield that may be the most interesting part of the deal. As part of the...
Big Banks Are Backing Away From Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate lending increased by $26.4B in Q1, but research shows the nation's largest 25 institutions are beginning to back away from...
As Demand Rises, Healthcare Systems, REITs Focus On Behavioral Health Facilities
When James Corbett was growing up in Queens, New York, he saw a lot of people who were untreated for mental illness. He has devoted much of his...
How The Bidding War For LaSalle Hotel Properties Will Play Out
LaSalle Hotel Properties has been a publicly traded REIT for 20 years, but interest in acquiring the Bethesda, Maryland-based company has surged...
Why Everyone Is Looking To Buy LaSalle, And How Analysts Expect It To Play Out
LaSalle Hotel Properties has been a publicly traded REIT for 20 years, but interest in acquiring the Bethesda, Maryland-based company has surged...
Toys R Us' Canadian Stores Have A $300M Bidder
Toys R Us may survive in Canada, thanks to the latest twist in its bankruptcy saga. Publicly traded Canadian investor Fairfax Financial Holdings...
More Stores Likely To Close In 2018 Than In 2017
Last year saw a slew of U.S. retail store closings, but 2018 will probably be even more dramatic. About 8,500 stores went dark in 2017, compared...
Brookfield Lines Up CalPERS, TIAA To Help Fund GGP Takeover
Brookfield Property Partners has secured support from a series of high-profile backers to help pay for its buyout of GGP Inc. Future Fund, TIAA...
Blackstone Bets Big On Growth Sectors 'Insulated From Rising Rates'
The world's largest real estate manager and investment behemoth Blackstone Group is pushing aggressively into real estate sectors it believes will...
Ten-X Launches New Dashboard To Increase Transparency, Bulk Up Commercial Offering
Silicon Valley- and Irvine-based Ten-X has launched a new dashboard for Ten-X Commercial to enhance the broker, seller and buyer experience. Ten-X...
New Mining Towns: How Bitcoin Is Luring People To East Washington
Bitcoin miners, who use a lot of computing power to run calculations to secure the cryptocurrency, and thus favor places with cheaper electricity,...
Marijuana Dispensaries Are Getting Face-Lifts To Blaze Past The Competition
Cannabis companies are taking greater pains to design stores that will set them apart from the competition — especially in states where...
Blackstone Betting Big On Global Logistics And Life Sciences
The world's largest real estate manager and investment behemoth Blackstone Group is pushing aggressively into real estate sectors it believes will...
Mall Owners Lose Again As Bon-Ton Prepares To Liquidate Assets, Close All Stores
Add another major retailer to the scrap heap. Bon-Ton is liquidating, adding to what has been a year of bad news for retail landlords already...
REPORT: Toys R Us Rejects MGA CEO's $890M Bid To Save U.S. Stores
It appears nearly $1B may not be enough to keep Toys R Us from disappearing off the U.S. map. The toy retailer has rejected an $890M bid from Isaac...
World Economy Solid For Now, But IMF Warns Of Looming Risks
In its latest reports on the state of the world's economy, the International Monetary Fund said that there is still broad-based momentum, but...