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Discover how landlords prioritize air quality for healthier office spaces as wildfire smoke affects swaths of the country.

Commentary on inflation, financing costs, and capital sources in Central and Eastern European commercial real estate markets, noting regional differences in capital availability.

Analysis of private credit's growing significance in Asia-Pacific real estate financing amid shifting economic conditions.

Strategic analysis of China's REIT market evolution and emerging investment opportunities in the sector.

Research examining the origins, methodologies, and uses of market tier and ranking systems for evaluating and prioritizing U.S. metropolitan regions for commercial real estate investment.

Analysis of capital investment strategies and their potential to generate competitive advantages in commercial real estate, drawing from trade publication coverage and industry interviews.

Discover how strong narratives drive success in adaptive reuse, unlocking funding and growth in DFW.

Rising heat and water scarcity risks for global real estate and insurers.

As seen in New Jersey, redevelopment and demolition remove obsolete office buildings from the market, while communities are rethinking how aging commercial properties can better serve changing economic and demographic realities.

Five years after the pandemic changed where and how people work, office real estate is still one of the most debated corners of private real estate. Meanwhile, ongoing headlines continue their focus on empty buildings and declining valuations. But a recent write-up from Meketa suggested a more nuanced reality. Some…

On July 20, President Donald Trump signed three proclamations under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The trade proclamations are scheduled to take effect on Aug. 19, 2026, and will impose a 50% tariff on certain goods entering the United States, including cement and plywood. Matt Long is a partner at Porter…

Stagflation concerns are rising and posing risks to real estate markets.

Commentary on how major global investors are responding to sustained market volatility and uncertainty.

Propina deed dit jaar al vijf aankopen in horecavastgoed. De relatief nieuwe belegger wil schaal opbouwen in een markt die ‘institutioneel nog nauwelijks is ontwikkeld’. VJ sprak met managing partner Pieter de Graaff. ‘Het risicoprofiel van horeca wordt anders ingeschat dan wij het zien.’

Mass timber sees growth as Big Tech and Congress expand use, driven by eco-friendly benefits and stable prices.
Analysis of risk premiums applied to non-core commercial real estate assets and their valuation implications.

Developers have come to rely on IDA subsidies to build housing, but critics have argued they go against what IDAs were created to support.

Montgomery County's rent control law stifles new multifamily projects, necessitating creative financing solutions.

A thought leadership piece from Cushman & Wakefield examining how property valuers in the UAE are assessing and pricing risk factors in the 2025 market.

Analysis of Poland's appeal to institutional investors and capital flows presented at MIPIM 2026.

By Emily Buchanan of Gensler For decades, healthcare delivery was something that happened somewhere else: a hospital campus on the edge of town, a medical office park behind a parking garage, a clinic that required a car and a calendar. Today, patient expectations have shifted. Health systems chase convenience, and…

Image Brian Finnegan says Brixmor has invested more than $1.5 billion in the portfolio since starting its reinvestment program.

Knight Frank examines the capital requirements and investment dynamics supporting UK life sciences innovation beyond real estate considerations.

A 2024 CEM Benchmarking study sponsored by Nareit demonstrates that REIT active management has consistently delivered net value to commercial real estate portfolios.

In de goedkoopste Nederlandse gemeenten is nieuwbouw volgens hoogleraar Coen Teulings vanwege het minimale verschil tussen bouwkosten en woningprijzen nauwelijks rendabel. Wie meer woningen wil, moet niet proberen marktprijzen kunstmatig te verlagen, maar vooral de fiscale achterstelling van huurwoningen,…

Walker & Dunlop explores strategic investment and financing opportunities within the data center sector as digital infrastructure demand accelerates.

Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners discusses their disciplined approach to debt capital deployment amid current market cycle opportunities.

Flex retail spaces thrive in the Triangle, blending retail and industrial uses for unique shopping experiences.

Investor appetite for Manchester real estate is growing as the city offers capital-city characteristics at more competitive valuations than established European hubs.

West transforms a long-isolated civic area into a residential, office, and retail district designed to restore pedestrian connections and support San Diego’s ongoing evolution at its core.
Image Operational building certifications are one of the most direct ways to lift GRESB Performance scores. These increase the certified floor-area share in your portfolio, which is what GRESB uses to award points in BC1.2.

An analysis of how blockchain-based tokenisation of real estate assets may reshape liquidity, investor access, and market dynamics in Dubai's property sector.

As real estate transaction volume gradually returns, underwriting standards have tightened and return thresholds have reset. At the Texas Multifamily 2026 in-person event set for August 13 in Dallas, a panel of lending experts will provide conference attendees with insiders’ perspectives on how deals get done in…

Benefit Street Partners examines investment opportunities emerging from stressed commercial real estate debt markets.

Analysis of how family offices and ultra-high-net-worth investors are reshaping real estate capital markets and investment strategies.
Analysis of private lenders' increased activity in commercial real estate debt markets during a period of economic headwinds and market stress.

The multifamily market is entering a new phase defined less by broad national narratives and more by local realities, operational discipline, and selective opportunity. In a recent conversation on “Inside the Deal, a CRE Podcast by Berkadia®,” host Ernie Katai, executive vice president – head of production for…

NYC's pied-à-terre tax caused short-term market shifts, but developers say the market will adjust.

Empty buildings don’t simply wait for redevelopment. They shape investment, street life, and neighborhood momentum in ways that tax policy and makeover economics rarely measure.

With gas prices climbing sharply, inflation on the rise again, and economic uncertainty weighing on discretionary budgets, the first half of 2026 put consumers to the test, Placer.ai reports in a new white paper. However, the impact of more pain at the pump was not as generalized as one might think. In the new…

Retail real estate has always depended on a mix of data and instinct. Today, AI is balancing the scales, making psychographic and persona data more available and actionable, while human observation remains essential for reading emotion, context, and intent in the moment. For retailers, it’s not a question of…
Artificial intelligence can now produce work that looks remarkably finished. It can summarize a lease, review a rent roll, draft an investment committee memo and explain a change in occupancy in polished language. That creates a new problem for commercial real estate firms: A document can look ready long before it…

CRE firms have now moved through three technology cycles that each asked the same question at the wrong altitude: business intelligence in the 2000s, RPA in the 2010s, and generative AI now. Each time, the industry asks what the license costs. Two decades of watching these cycles play out says the license was never…

The multifamily industry is facing a number of headwinds such as high operating costs, increased vacancy and stagnant rent growth. Property managers are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and focusing on recruitment and retention of workers as solutions. There’s also a strong emphasis on resident satisfaction,…

By Taylor Williams On some level, they knew this was coming, right? They just thought it would be over by now. Indeed, the expression, “survive till ’25” has proven insufficient as a barometer for when the multi-year slowdown in multifamily rent growth and valuations — inevitable consequences of the record-high…

Morgan Stanley Investment Management examines the resilience of European private credit markets, addressing current market concerns including non-private credit defaults, AI disruption, and BDC comparisons while assessing supply-demand dynamics and illiquidity premiums.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management explores how macroeconomic pressures including energy costs, inflation, and geopolitical volatility are affecting real estate fundamentals and creating opportunities within private real estate credit markets.

An overview of six main private credit strategies, their mechanics, key benefits and risks, and how each fits within private asset portfolios.

Schroders examines the strategic considerations for investors evaluating single-asset versus multi-asset continuation investment structures.

CBRE Investment Management's analysis of global real estate investment opportunities and fundamental drivers for the year ahead.

CBRE Investment Management examines portfolio concentration strategy and the potential drawbacks of excessive diversification in real assets investing.

Commentary on European real assets' stabilizing role within diversified investment portfolios during periods of trade and macro volatility.

De woningmarkt blijft voor starters uitdagend, maar er is wel iets aan het veranderen. In Breda komt steeds meer aanbod beschikbaar in het segment tot vier ton. Volgens Michael Leijte, assistent-makelaar bij Van der Sande Makelaars (partner in Dynamis) zorgt dat voor een nieuwe dynamiek. 'De vraag is nog steeds…

Analysis of whether private market secondaries are creating efficient liquidity solutions or delaying actual exits for investors.

Analysis of positive one-year returns in Core and Core-plus real estate funds and implications for strategy selection amid broader asset class recovery narrative.

Analysis of how investors can identify and mitigate underperformance risks stemming from liquidity constraints and drag in semi-liquid private market funds.

Analysis examining the characteristics and strategies that differentiate high-performing real estate fund managers from underperforming peers during recent portfolio challenges.

Analysis of listed real assets' historical risk-adjusted returns and current market positioning relative to other asset classes.

A guide exploring how UK local government pension scheme funds approach manager selection and implementation strategy in impact-focused real estate investing.

Als je vandaag door Amstel III loopt, is het moeilijk voor te stellen dat dit gebied tien jaar geleden vooral bekend stond als een verouderd kantorengebied met leegstand, weinig levendigheid en een matige verblijfskwaliteit.