NPR, Feb. 17, 2024–Laurel WamsleyAmerica is facing a housing crisis. To ramp up supply, cities are taking a fresh look at their zoning rules that spell out what can be …
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New California Law Eases Process of Building Affordable Housing on Church Property
CBS News, Feb. 19, 2024-Kenny ChoiA church that was once in a predominantly black neighborhood of Berkeley has been transformed into a multi-million dollar home.Click here for more
Single-Family Built-for-Rent Almost Doubled Since 2020
Calculated Risk, Feb. 20, 2024–Bill McBrideThe Census Bureau recently released Housing Units Started by Purpose and Design through Q4 2023. Although the majority of units built-for-rent’ are still multi-family, there …
Ventas Expects $300M in Senior Housing Investments in First Half 2024
Globe St., Feb. 20, 2024, Erik ShermanIn its 2023 Q4 earnings report last week, Ventas didn’t meet expectations — a lost of $0.23 per share for the quarter rather than …
CBRE: Commercial Real Estate Lending Market Shows Stabilization
Lodging, Feb. 20, 2024The commercial real estate lending market demonstrated signs of stabilization at the end of 2023, with borrowing costs appearing to have peaked, even as transaction activity remains …
Lab Spaces Boomed During the Pandemic. Then the Experiment Took a Turn.
The Washington Post, Feb. 20, 2024-Rachel SiegelAround Boston, a glut of lab space is just the latest example of how the U.S. economy zigged when just about everyone thought it …
Don’t Build That E-Commerce Warehouse in My Backyard, More Communities Say
The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 2, 2024-Peter GrantWarehouse developers are increasingly contending with a headache that is all too familiar to residential builders: not-in-my-backyard community opposition to their projects.Click here for …
Warehousing Demand Is Starting to Shrink
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 13, 2024–Liz YoungRetailers and their suppliers have been slashing their inventories. Now they’re turning to cutting back storage space.Click here for more (subscription)
Commercial Real Estate Continues to Feel Pinch of Tightened Credit Conditions
Builder Online, Feb. 9, 2024-Ali WolfThe latest Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey (SLOOS) was recently released by the Federal Reserve covering the fourth quarter of 2023. As we have noted …
A Buffett Protégé Makes an Offbeat Bet: Buy San Francisco Real Estate
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 11, 2024–Matt WirzMost investors are running away from San Francisco’s downtown real-estate market, but Ian Jacobs is heading in. Call it a family tradition. Jacobs is …