by Mark Halloran | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog
The data center sector of commercial real estate is a force to be reckoned with. Investment in the property type has exponentially increased over the last few years, but 2017 was a watershed, according to a CBRE report. Spending on data centers hit $20 billion last...
by grsgrouptest | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
The country’s two largest traditional grocery chains seem to have different strategies, with one removing an ancillary business and another beefing one up. Albertsons recently announced it is purchasing just over 2,500 Rite Aid drugstores, adding to its portfolio of...
by Julie Sorensen | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
Back in October, Freddie Mac announced that Conventional and Target Affordable (TAH) loans with a balance under $15 million (not SBL) will now qualify under the “FRED” program. For you anagram aficionados, FRED stands for Fast, Reliable, Easy Decisions. The FRED...
by Nathan VonGunten | Mar 19, 2018 | Blog
Two big pieces of news have recently come out of commercial real estate’s industrial REIT sector, though they might be a little different. Industrial Property Trust, a non-traded REIT with $3.3 billion of assets under management, is reportedly putting itself up for...
by Steve Canty | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog
Commercial real estate transactions can become more user-friendly for casual investors through new technology, and one does not have to be a CRE insider to have a fruitful return experience. Crowdfunding, which was once thought of as an outlier way to invest, is now...
by Tony Mueller | Mar 14, 2018 | Blog
Figuring out the health of commercial real estate’s retail sector is probably more complicated than ever right now. Headlines detailing major department stores, such as Sears, Macy’s and Bon-Ton, closing stores seem to pop up regularly. And it’s hurting landlords....
