Tackling Fannie Mae’s PNA Changes

A few months ago Fannie Mae tweaked its Physical Needs Assessment (PNA) guidelines. GRS Group’s Bill Tryon wrote in this space at the beginning of the year when revisions were first announced by the GSE. Now that the changes in PNA standards have been implemented for...

Student Housing Gets Fancy

When many of a certain age think of student housing, communist-bloc-style cement buildings with gross cafeteria food, or dilapidated slumlord-owned houses often come to mind. Well, it’s certainly not that way any more, at least for some students attending college...

Office Landlord Challenge: Cheap Sites That Attract Talent

It might seem obvious, but a new Cushman & Wakefield report found that the best way office developers and owners can help their clients is to offer them product at a low occupancy cost that attracts the best possible employees. Titled “Human Capital: The War For...

LeClairRyan’s Joel Nied Explains Long-Term Care CRE

Attorneys are among the roster of clients that GRS Group serves, and Richmond, Va.-based LeClairRyan uses the firm’s expertise in survey and title due diligence to help facilitate deals. One of the specialties in LeClairRyan’s commercial real estate practice is the...

CRE Rising Values Point To Continued Investment Stability

The coming year should bode well for the commercial real estate industry, according to a recent report by the Real Estate Research Corporation (RERC). These findings confirm much of the information projected here on GRS Group’s blog. Among the findings in RERC’s...