NPR, Oct. 10, 2023-Maya FawazThe housing crisis has prompted many schools to get creative. For example: turning single-occupancy rooms into doubles and doubles into triples, or study rooms into bedrooms.Click …
Category: Top National News
Amazon Caught Between Retail Troubles and the FTC
Seattle Times, Oct. 9, 2023–Lauren RosenblattAmazon may have found a use for all its extra warehouse space — but regulatory scrutiny could come with it.Click here for more.
Retailers Challenged by Lack of Space, Cost of Construction
GlobeSt.com, Oct. 9, 2023–Richard BergerA lack of new retail spaces, high construction costs, and competition for what is available are challenging retailers.Click here for more.
What the New Jobs Report Means for CRE
Commercial Property Executive, Oct. 6, 2023–Jordana RothbergThe labor market is still very robust, but it’s not as hot as it was a year ago, said Matt Mowell, senior managing economist …
Colleges Snap Up Unused Office Space in a Slumping Market
New York Times, Oct. 3, 2023As companies with hybrid work forces reduce square footage, universities see an opportunity to buy buildings at bargain prices.Click here for more. (subscription)
America Can Solve its Housing Crisis by Following Tokyo’s Example
Business Insider, Oct. 4, 2023–Eliza RelmanIn September, when New York City Mayor Eric Adams unveiled his plan to build 100,000 new homes, he pointed enviously to Tokyo’s ability to keep …
The Apartment Market is Hitting a Construction Lull
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 2, 2023–Will ParkerMany of the cranes crowding skylines from Phoenix to Denver and Dallas will soon come down. They are likely to stay down for a …
Investors Who Sold S.F. Properties Are Coming Back — to Buy the Same Buildings They Offloaded
San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 29, 2023-Laura WaxmannAt the height of San Francisco’s tech boom in 2018, a real estate private equity firm run by one of Hong Kong’s richest families …
White House Defines ‘Zero-Emission’ Buildings, Hoping More Get Built
The Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2023-Maxine Joselow The Biden administration on Thursday will define what amounts to a “zero-emission” building, establishing a new national standard in an effort to tackle …
Why Don’t We Just Build New Cities?
The Atlantic, Sept. 27, 2023-Jerusalem DemsasYearning for a blank slate crosses the ideological spectrum—but sooner or later, new places will face the same old problems.Click here to read (subscription)