Phillips Realty Capital, Bethesda, Md., secured $63.2 million for a Class A Plano, Texas multifamily property.
Category: News and Trends
CRE at a Crossroads
The coronavirus pandemic has put commercial real estate “at a crossroads,” said Yardi Matrix, Santa Barbara, Calif.
Office Outlook ‘Opaque’
Reonomy, New York, said the office sector has avoided the worst of the recession, largely due to underlying characteristics including tenant diversification and longer-term leases. But it called the sector’s outlook “opaque.”
Top 10 Ways to Engage with MBA CREF
It’s that time of year again. The annual renewal invoices for your trade association memberships arrive. You think about how you leveraged memberships over the past year but it’s likely that your company could have done more to get the most out of it.
Insurance Quotes and Coverages: A Conversation with CWCapital’s George O’Neil III and Harbor Group’s Emily Rasmussen
MBA CREF Associate Director Kelly Hamill interviewed Emily Rasmussen, Managing Director of Business Strategy with Harbor Group Consulting, and George O’Neil III, Managing Director with CW Financial Services LLC, about the insurance market during the coronavirus pandemic.
Europe Surpasses U.S. as Commercial Real Estate Investment Leader
The U.S. is generally the largest and most liquid region for commercial real estate deal activity, but Europe surpassed the U.S. for investment in the second quarter, reported Real Capital Analytics, New York.
Personnel News from Hines, Eastern Equity Advisors, NorthMarq
Gerald Hines, founder and chairman of real estate firm Hines, passed away peacefully at home on August 23.
CMBS Market Musings by Andrew Foster
For better but more often for worse it seems lately, the commercial mortgage-backed securities market is continuing to experience interesting developments, whether it be updated credit rating agency analysis on evolving outlook, recent insights on the landscape from the special servicing community or the latest from bank research desks and MBA’s latest Quarterly CMF Originations Survey.
Pandemic Hits Single-Family Rent Prices
CoreLogic, Irvine, Calif., said single-family rent growth reached its slowest rate in a decade during June amid elevated unemployment rates.
North American CRE Market Reacts to COVID Downturn
After a strong start to 2020, COVID-19’s impacts on North American commercial real estate hit during the second quarter, reported Transwestern, Houston, and Devencore, Toronto.