Airbnb’s Multifamily Check-In

Airbnb’s Multifamily Check-In

Commercial real estate’s hospitality sector is already familiar with room-sharing service Airbnb. After all, the company is valued around $31 billion, more than most large hotel chains, including Hilton Worldwide. It seems to be taking a less threatening tactic with...
Lots to Absorb at ICSC Western Division

Lots to Absorb at ICSC Western Division

This week part of the GRS Group team will attend one of the largest annual retail real estate events in the country, the International Council of Shopping Centers’ Western Division Conference, in Los Angeles. Aside from the usual networking opportunities with old and...

Best Buy Q2, Nordstrom Rumors, Equal a Weird Retail World

The ship has sailed for those expecting any normality in the retail real estate industry. For years, landlords have dealt with mass store closures and the pressure posed by online shopping, most significantly Amazon, but now things have gotten strange to the point of...

China-Based Investors Don’t Care About Brexit

There has been a lot of talk about how Brexit will impact commercial real estate in London. GRS Group already reported that it hasn’t shied buyers away from the European metropolis. Now investors based in China have upped the ante. In the first six months of 2017,...

Multifamily, 1031 Sectors Not Happy With Tax Reform

Some major commercial real estate organizations are unhappy with the current direction tax reform is headed. The National Association of Realtors is reportedly saying that proposed changes to the personal tax code could lead to another housing crash. It could...