Charlotte Observer, Jan. 30, 2016–Portillo, Ely
Commercial real estate has long had a reputation for being a “good old boys'” sort of world, in which men dominate deal-making, development and construction. But growing numbers of women in top leadership positions are aiming to change that, and help their female colleagues advance.
Jan. 29, 2016–Drummer, Randyl
For almost everyone involved in commercial real estate, 2015 was a very good year.
Crain’s New York Business, Jan. 31, 2016–Geiger, Daniel
These deals show how investors in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn–once undesirable neighborhoods for office space–scored big sums as the perception of those markets changed.
Bloomberg, Jan. 22, 2016–Clark, Patrick
After a three-year period of rapid growth, rents are likely to flatten in 2016, according to a new report.
Wall Street Journal, Jan. 22, 2016–Fletcher, Laurence
A record amount of money flowed into U.K. commercial property in 2015. For the year, investment totaled £64.3 billion ($91.1 billion), up 4% on the previous year, according to data from property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton.
Bloomberg, Jan. 21, 2016–Perlberg, Heather
Mortgage-REIT executives are uniquely positioned when their firms fall on hard times. Unlike at hedge funds and other firms where managers’ pay is tied to performance, most mortgage-REIT executives are compensated based on the size of their publicly traded companies, and receive a percentage of total shareholder equity whether they win or lose.
New York Law Journal, Jan. 20, 2016–Reilly Jr., Richard; Steiner, Jeffrey Beginning in 2014, collateralized loan obligation transactions consisting of underlying pools of commercial real estate mortgage loans re-emerged as a financing alternative for sponsors of platforms that originate CRE loans.
National Real Estate Investor, Jan. 25, 2016–Mellen, Chris
These are good times, redefined, brought into high-definition, so to speak, in three areas directly impacting commercial real estate: the nature of opportunity, the oddity of our economy and the growing threat of terrorism.
Reuters, Jan. 25, 2016–Lampert, Allison; Mouallem, Omar Foreign investors are snapping up ski chalets and commercial properties in Canada as a drop in the nation’s sagging currency in the past two years means their money buys much more.
National Real Estate Investor, Jan. 21, 2016–Steinberg, Michael; Byrne Denham, Barbara
With some modest improvement in the outlook for wage growth starting to materialize, the outlook for discretionary spending and thus demand for retail space should be brighter in 2016 than at any point in time since before the recession.
