London Tops List for Foreign CRE Investment

London Tops List for Foreign CRE Investment

London has pushed New York City aside as the number one city for non-domestic-based investors to place their commercial real estate investment dollars, according to AFIRE (Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate).  London ranked third last year and is now...
Mega Mall-Landlord Merger Activity Heats Up

Mega Mall-Landlord Merger Activity Heats Up

It’s been popular for quite some time now to talk about how the mall is dead. And sure, some of the “B” and “C” assets will die, unless they embrace experiential retail and completely revamp the ways they do business. But that hasn’t stopped a flurry of recent major...
New Hotel Concepts Keep Coming

New Hotel Concepts Keep Coming

A new hotel chain being proposed by President Trump’s real estate company made several headlines at the beginning of the year. Nine months later, we are getting some more interesting announcements. Like Trump’s American IDEA concept, which targets midscale consumers,...

Foreign Investors Still Hungry for U.S. CRE

It looks like the desire by investors, in general, to put money into U.S. commercial real estate has not waned. Despite that craving, and likely higher US interest rates in 2017, there is major capital in the waiting unspent on CRE. A big part of that interest in real...

Hotel Supply Up, While Demand Wanes

The lodging sector of commercial real estate, which enjoyed a pretty strong run right after the recession, is finally cooling off. A lack of supply that the hotel industry faced for several years has been fulfilled in many areas, and now demand is starting to taper...