Category: News and Trends

Total U.S. construction starts for 2016 could rise by 6 percent to $712 billion, following an estimated 13 percent gain in 2015, said Dodge Data & Analytics, Washington, D.C.

Drug store cap rates–which reached new lows in the third quarter–could fall further resulting from Walgreen’s plan to acquire rival Rite Aid, reported the Boulder Group, Northbrook, Ill.

Investors are starting to adopt later-cycle investment strategies as the market continues to expand, said JLL, Chicago.

The outlook improved slightly for properties that support most commercial mortgage-backed securities, reported Moody’s Investors Service, New York.

Retail fundamentals are improving only slightly, reported Reis, New York.

In 2014, 2,876 lenders closed 40,974 multifamily mortgages for a total of $195 billion. 

Increasing rents, limited inventory of low-value homes and the popularity of urban life have prompted runaway condo-value appreciation in many housing markets, said Zillow, Seattle.

New York City construction activity resembles the previous boom years of 2007 and 2008, the New York Building Congress said.

At the MBA Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors meeting on October 20, incoming Chair Bob Stout (Q10), Vice Chairs Tom Dennard (Grandbridge) and Byron Boston (Dynex), and other members of COMBOG led a broad discussion on current commercial/multifamily issues and MBA business impacting the industry.

Despite an economic slowdown in some areas of the country, both the industrial and office sectors performed strongly in the third quarter, reported Cushman & Wakfield, New York.