Category: News and Trends

Office occupiers need to consider “fit-out” costs and tenant improvement allowances when selecting their office space–and both vary significantly from city to city–said JLL, Chicago.

Technological shifts in the overall economy are benefiting the industrial sector and pushing vacancy rates to their lowest levels in nearly two decades, reported Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

Commercial valuations grew by 1 percent during April, the strongest growth seen since the November presidential election, reported Ten-X, Irvine, Calif.

The Mortgage Bankers Association sent a letter to House Financial Services committee members offering support for a bill that would make sweeping changes to provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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The U.S. economy and commercial real estate should experience “moderate” growth through 2019, said the Urban Land Institute, Washington. D.C.

Institutional investors plan to reduce their new capital commitments to real estate by 19 percent this year, reported Institutional Real Estate Inc., San Ramon, Calif. and Kingsley Associates, San Francisco.

ExactBid, San Jose, Calif. integrated its Real Estate Information Management System bank appraisal management platform with appraisal software system Narrative1.

Commercial real estate lenders and investors have grown more confident since November’s presidential election, reported law firm Akerman LLP, Miami.

Hotel lenders are tightening leverage and lowering loan amounts as the sector’s performance metrics slip, reported Marcus & Millichap, Calabasas, Calif.