Wall Street Journal, Jan. 24, 2020–Micah Maidenberg New warehouse construction across North America is expected to outstrip demand over this year and next, according to a new report that suggests …
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Interest Rate Cuts Bolster Net-Lease Investment
REBusiness, Jan. 24, 2020–Taylor Williams The Federal Reserve’s decision to reverse its monetary policy and lower short-term interest rates has fueled demand for single-tenant, net-leased retail assets with regard to …
Raising Capital Gets Tougher for Real Estate Funds
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 21, 2020–Peter Grant (subscription)The amount of capital raised by real estate private-equity funds plummeted in the fourth quarter in a sign that investors are struggling to …
Brick And Mortar Is Not Dead: Retail Real Estate Persists
Forbes, Jan. 21, 2020–Ari RastegarThe retail landscape is changing, but brick-and-mortar storefronts aren’t going anywhere. Competition-driven retailers are finding innovative ways to “internet-proof” their operations and identify viable storefront locations …
Amazon Sought $1 Billion in Incentives on Top of HQ2 Lures
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 16, 2020–Shayndi Raice, Dana Mattioli (subscription)As Amazon began a search for a second headquarters in 2017, and billions in economic incentives to go with it, CEO …
The Yield Curve’s Still Weird. Fed’s Bullard is Okay with That
Reuters, Jan. 17, 2020–Howard SchneiderIt was more than a year ago when St. Louis Federal Reserve bank President James Bullard started raising the alarm about a U.S. bond market where …
Q&A: Jamie Woodwell, Mortgage Bankers Association
Scotsman Guide, Jan. 17, 2020–Victor WhitmanJamie Woodwell, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s resident expert on commercial real estate, spoke about trends in 2019 and the outlook for 2020, including the amifications …
How Multifamily Can Help the ‘Affordability Crisis’
Mortgage Professional America, Jan. 13, 2020–Kimberly Greene (MBA mention)Multifamily originations for 2018 totaled $339 billion, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, and volume in 2019 was expected to reach $364 …
Automation Is Coming for Commercial Real Estate
GlobeSt.com, Jan. 14, 2020–Erika Morphy Commercial real estate is poised to receive a double-whammy from automation, with the technology reducing the need for space across several industries as well as …
LIBOR Transition, Multi-Family Policy Top Regulatory Issues
Commercial Mortgage Alert, Jan. 10, 2020–Steve Chambers The commercial mortgage market entered 2020 with some long-running regulatory questions finally settled and signs of progress on other thorny issues. http://mba-pa.informz.net/mba-pa/data/images/Commercial%20Mortgage%20Alert%20-%20Regulatory%20Roundup%20Feature%20-%20January%202020.pdf