A 1,225-Foot Sign of Life for San Francisco’s Office Comeback

The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 2, 2025-Peter GrantArtificial-intelligence firms are leading a revival of the San Francisco office market, the hard luck case of the nation’s beleaguered commercial real-estate sector.Click …

How One CRE Giant is Finding Undervalued Assets in Unlikely Areas

CNBC, Sept. 5 2025-Diana OlickBGO, a global real estate investment manager with $89 billion in assets under management, is using artificial intelligence to transform its investment research models.The model found …

Why a Commercial Real Estate Doomsday Now Looks Unlikely

American Banker, Aug. 27, 2025-Catherine LeffertAfter spending years as a wildcard on banks’ balance sheets, commercial real estate loans are again getting boring.Click here for more (subscription)

Investors Hold Most Empty Houses

National Mortgage Professional, Aug 25, 2025-Lew SichelmanInvestors owned more than 882,300 vacant houses as of last year’s third quarter, according to the latest report from ATTOM Data Solutions. About 63% …

Chicago Ditches Parking Minimums to Make Room for Housing

Bloomberg News, Aug. 26, 2025-Arvelisse Bonilla RamosWhen Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launched the Cut the Tape Initiative in 2024, the aim was clear: Accelerate housing construction and limit bureaucratic barriers …