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Quick Hits | PERE 100 Returns to Growth as Capital Concentrates at the Top

Private real estate fundraising is stabilizing, with the 2026 rankings marking a turning point as the PERE 100 reverses a multiyear decline. Total capital raised increased year-over-year for the first time since 2023, with top managers adding $52 billion to their five-year totals as sentiment improves and capital…

10 Key Takeaways from the Colliers Life Sciences 2026 Webinar

1. The market is correcting, not collapsing Speaker credit: Jeff Myers, Nader Elrashidy The life sciences market has clearly moved out of its peak-growth phase, but that does not mean the sector is broken. The better read is that the market is recalibrating after several years of rapid expansion, heavy investment,…

Greater Vancouver Retail Report H1 2026

Quick Hits | Commercial Property Values Post 4% Annual Gain

Commercial property pricing has improved modestly in recent months but remains approximately 14% below the 2022 peak, with performance continuing to vary widely across sectors. Greater capital markets liquidity and increased transaction activity have supported values, though the recovery remains uneven and…

Top 25 Industrial Markets: Which Markets Are Pulling Ahead?

The 25 largest U.S. industrial markets are entering the next cycle, with clear differences emerging between markets that are tightening, markets that are stabilizing, and markets that are still working through excess supply. Following the most aggressive development boom in industrial real estate history,…

Quick Hits | Rising Yields Extend CRE Pricing Reset

Treasury yields are stabilizing at levels that materially raise borrowing costs, shifting the discussion from short-term volatility to a sustained higher-rate environment. As financing becomes more expensive and less predictable, underwriting has tightened — particularly for refinancing-sensitive assets — while…

From Plushies to LEGO: Why Toys & Collectibles Are Retail’s Hottest Traffic Engine Right Now

Toys and collectibles are injecting serious life into American retail, fueling demand from Gen X to anxiety-fueled Gen Z. The best collectible brands have borrowed a page from the luxury playbook: manufacturing desire through scarcity. Limited drops, short windows, and low production runs turn an ordinary gadget or…

Beauty Without Borders: What Global Brand Culture Means for U.S. Retail Strategy

Beauty remains one of retail’s fastest-growing categories, propelled by Gen Z and the emerging spending power of Gen Alpha. Digital skincare education is driving younger consumers toward brands that emphasize skincare rituals and community over filter-driven perfection. The two cohorts drive up to 40% of skincare…

Industries Revealed: Education Real Estate in a Moment of Reckoning

Education real estate has become increasingly complex, shaped by shifting enrollment, funding constraints, changing demographics, and growing scrutiny of traditional education models. In this Q&A, Todd Noel, Vice Chair, sits down with Anjee Solanki, National Director of Retail and Practice Groups | U.S., to discuss…

Quick Hits | Industrial Capital Holds Firm as Risk and Rates Rise

The global investment backdrop remains supportive for industrial, reinforcing its position as a preferred destination for capital. Investment volumes continue to run ahead of last year across the U.S., EMEA, and APAC, while fundraising remains concentrated in logistics. North America is capturing a larger share of…

Redefining Trophy Office in Richmond

Richmond’s definition of trophy office space is evolving. Once associated almost exclusively with downtown high-rises, the desire for premier office product is increasingly emerging along suburban corridors in Henrico County and in Richmond City, outside of the CBD. Submarkets such as Glenside/I-64 and…

Navigating Healthcare Real Estate as Interest Rates Stay Elevated

For years, low-cost capital made it easier to build, acquire, and expand across healthcare real estate. That environment has shifted. In today’s higher-rate environment, commercial real estate is still working through a pricing reset, with research noting that cap rates may face further upward pressure if interest…

Quick Hits | MSCI April Update: Pricing Improves Despite Broad Sales Pullback

Pricing trends and transaction activity continue to shape how the market evolves. At Colliers, we analyze these signals to interpret shifts across U.S. commercial real estate. Here’s what the latest MSCI data reveals. Office Office investment sales reached $5 billion in April, down 15% year over year as portfolio…

The Suburban Healthcare Space Crunch

If you’re a physician, practice administrator, or healthcare operator searching for space in suburban Middle Tennessee right now, the reality is not subtle: quality, well-located medical office space is increasingly scarce, and the leverage that once favored tenants has quietly shifted. What you’re experiencing…

Rebalancing with Purpose: Key Insights from the 2026 Colliers L&T Supply Chain Conference

The 2026 Colliers Logistics & Transportation (L&T) Supply Chain Conference brought industry leaders from across North America together in Huntington Beach, CA. The energy and sentiment of the conference-goers proved to be in sync with the breezy California beach conditions. After a stretch defined by rapid…

ICSC Las Vegas 2026: Top 10 Key Takeaways from Colliers

The ICSC Las Vegas 2026 convention brought together more than 25,000 retail and commercial real estate professionals for three days of deal-making, networking, and forward-looking conversations shaping the future of the industry. This year’s event placed a strong emphasis on innovation, leadership, and…

Quick Hits | Concessions Are Buying Time for Multifamily Fundamentals

Multifamily fundamentals are stabilizing, but rent recovery is limited by elevated concessions. After two years of heavy deliveries, landlords are relying on incentives to maintain occupancy, particularly across high supply Sun Belt markets. Face rents have held up, but effective rents continue to lag as operators…

Honoring Service This Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a time to pause, remember, and honor the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. Their sacrifice has shaped the freedoms and opportunities we are privileged to experience, and it calls us to respond with more than gratitude. It calls us to act with care, respect, and […] ]]>

Capital Returns Ahead of Confidence

Liquidity is beginning to return to commercial real estate markets, even as investor confidence remains cautious. While surveys and headlines continue to reflect uncertainty, transaction pipelines and lending activity suggest that capital is quietly entering the market, following a pattern commonly observed in…

AI-Enabled Care and the Changing Healthcare Footprint

As is the case in many industries, AI is now part of the everyday reality in healthcare, and its impact is showing up in a place that is often overlooked: the physical footprint of care. For years, the conversation has focused on the shift from inpatient to outpatient services. That trend is still in motion,…

Key Takeaways from 2026 BOMA International Medical Real Estate Conference

The 2026 BOMA International Medical Real Estate Conference was held in San Diego, CA, from April 29 to May 1. It highlighted a sector at a pivotal inflection point, where technology, care delivery transformation, and operational discipline are converging to reshape medical real estate strategy. Speakers emphasized…

Quick Hits | Power Certainty and Execution Risk Reshape Data Center Capital Markets

The data center sector has entered a new capital markets regime. What was once underwritten primarily as real estate is now increasingly treated as critical infrastructure, driven by accelerating AI workloads and hyperscale expansion. Gartner projects that total electricity consumption by data centers will rise…

Quick Hits | MSCI Q1 2026: Volume Climbs 18% as Capital Broadens Its Reach

Pricing trends and transaction activity continue to shape how the market evolves. At Colliers, we analyze these signals to interpret shifts across U.S. commercial real estate. Here’s what the latest MSCI data reveals. Office Office investment activity strengthened in Q1, with $20.5 billion in transactions, up 39%…

The Ideal Timeline for Market Exploration Before Your Lease Ends

Effective real estate decisions begin with providing sufficient time to determine the need and review options. Those tenants that start evaluating the market early are better positioned to align space with business priorities, control costs, and avoid operational disruption. A practical baseline is to begin no…

Economic Incentive Insights | Conditionality Rising for Data Centers and Foreign-Owned Projects

Navigating the New Standard: Incentives Are No Longer Automatic For years, economic incentives for data centers and large-scale industrial projects followed a fairly predictable path. That’s no longer the case. The landscape has shifted, with states introducing stricter eligibility criteria, performance…

The Growing Intersection of Behavioral Health and Real Estate

Recent data shows that more than 150 million Americans live in areas where mental health providers are scarce, underscoring a system-wide gap in access that continues to grow as demand accelerates. For commercial real estate owners, developers, and investors, it’s an opportunity to align capital with one of the…

Quick Hits | Credit Spreads, Not the Fed, Are Setting the Pace for CRE Deal Activity

Despite elevated Treasury yields, rates have traded within a relatively narrow range in recent months. In a typical cycle, that stability would support improving transaction activity. Instead, Trepp data show that CRE credit spreads have widened across major property types, pushing all in borrowing costs higher…

U.S. Capital Markets Multifamily Report, 2026 Q1

Colliers' multifamily capital markets report covers investment volumes, pricing and debt conditions as the apartment sector emerges from its cyclical trough.

Capital Markets U.S. Snapshot Report, 2026 Q1

Colliers notes office investment is recovering from its cyclical low, with private capital moving on reset pricing and AI-oriented leasing contributing to a resurgence in key markets.

U.S. Office Market Outlook Report, 2026 Q1

Colliers reports the U.S. office sector began 2026 on a firmer footing, with fundamentals stabilizing nationally and improvement in select gateway and innovation-driven markets.

The Rise of Wellness in Retail Real Estate

Sixty is the new thirty, and ninety is the new sixty. As Americans age, many are approaching later life with a more optimistic, forward-looking mindset. Accelerated sharply in the wake of the pandemic, it is fueling growing demand for proactive wellness services, and an industry that has risen decisively to meet…

Montreal Office Market Report Q1 2026

Colliers City Survey Q1 2026 - Letting Market (Düsseldorf)

NEO Office Market Report 2026 Q1

Metro Detroit Industrial Market Report Q1 2026

Central Los Angeles Industrial Research Report Q1 2026