The improving economy created a favorable capital markets environment for commercial real estate lending in early 2021 despite continuing challenges in office and retail loan underwriting, said CBRE, Dallas.
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Robin Bolz: How to Harness and Leverage Data in Today’s CRE Markets
MBA NewsLink interviewed Robin Bolz, Managing Director and Head of Commercial Real Estate Strategy at JPMorgan Chase, about the future of data and commercial lending.

Personnel News From Merchants Capital, CBRE, Bellwether Enterprise
Multifamily housing financier Merchants Capital hired Linda Hill as Senior Vice President in the Merchants Capital tax credit equity syndications division.

Personnel News From Gantry, CBRE
Gantry, San Francisco, expanded its origination and production team with two new professionals working from its Phoenix, Ariz. and Newport Beach, Calif. offices.

CBRE: Rent Enticements Larger Factor in New Office Leases
CBRE, Dallas, said the average amount of free rent office landlords conceded to secure long-term leases climbed significantly in the first quarter.

Hotel Sector Shows Signs of Life
The hotel sector is coming back–slowly–from its pandemic-related downturn, analysts said.

CRE Investors Show Increased Appetite for Risk
CBRE, Dallas, said commercial real estate investors are showing a clear shift in risk tolerance–and a new preference for secondary markets.

Distressed Debt Monitor: A Conversation with CBRE’s Patrick Connell on the Role of Receiverships
2021 and beyond looks to be a marketplace defined by haves and have-nots with significant property type performance divergence both within and across property types. MBA Newslink interviewed CBRE’s Patrick Connell for some perspective on downturns and the role receiverships play in navigating the path to recovery.

Personnel News From CBRE, NorthMarq
CBRE, Dallas, announced Charlie Knudsen and Julie Cook joined the firm’s investment banking division, CBRE Capital Advisors, to scale up its private placement bond finance business for Credit Tenant Lease financings and other types of asset-backed and leased-backed private placement securities.

News in Brief from Eastern Union, CBRE, Luxury Mortgage Corp.
With a demand for a second round of federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that will inevitably exceed supply, real estate finance company Eastern Union, Brooklyn, is urging pandemic-wracked small businesses nationwide to get a head start on the loan approval timetable by immediately pre-applying for the program.