Wall Street Journal, Oct. 30, 2021–Will Parker (subscription)Minnesota’s capital city is considering imposing a 3% limit on annual increases as rents soar across the country.https://www.wsj.com/articles/st-paul-voters-to-decide-on-sweeping-rent-control-11635593401?
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Big Retailers Becoming Big Property Owners With Warehouse Deals
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 28, 2021–Mark Maurer (subscription)Retail giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Costco Wholesale Corp. think they have found a way to boost their e-commerce operations and save money: …
New York Landlords Seek to Suspend Extension of Eviction Freeze
Bloomberg, Oct. 19, 2021New York landlords sued to block a law extending the state’s moratorium on evictions and foreclosures, warning of “devastating consequences” to small property owners if it’s allowed …
Amazon to Allow Employees to Work Remotely Indefinitely
Washington Post, Oct. 12, 2021Amazon said Monday it will allow many tech and corporate workers to continue working remotely indefinitely, as long as they can commute to the office when …
London Office Space Goes Green, Helping Developers Get in the Black
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12, 2021–Ruth Bloomfield (subscription)Londoners are returning to the office again, and a new wave of green buildings is enabling landlords to charge their tenants a rent …
London Office Space Goes Green, Helping Developers Get in the Black
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 12, 2021–Ruth Bloomfield (subscription)Londoners are returning to the office again, and a new wave of green buildings is enabling landlords to charge their tenants a rent …
Optimism Grows for 1030’s Survival
Commercial Mortgage Alert, Oct. 1, 2021–Steve Chambers “…Bill Killmer, a senior vice president for legislative and political affairs at the MBA, agreed that as long as lawmakers continue to work …
Big Hotel Brands Bet on All-Inclusive Resorts to Counter COVID-19 Slump
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 5, 2021–Konrad Putzier (subscription)Big hotel companies are adding more all-inclusive resorts, betting that the pandemic will boost a business model that encourages guests to stay in …
Treasury to Begin Redistributing Rental-Assistance Money to High-Need Communities
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 5, 2021–Kate Davidson (subscription)The Treasury Department is set to soon claw back federal rental assistance from groups that haven’t acted to spend enough of the money …
How Cities Can Solve Their Office Crisis and Housing Affordability in One Go
Barrons, Oct. 5, 2021–Salim Furth (subscription)Many American cities are facing a dual real estate crisis: Residential prices are soaring while office buildings sit empty. Neither of these problems can be …