by Steve Canty | Jun 12, 2017 | Blog
The student-housing sector experienced a mega deal for this commercial real estate asset class earlier this month that’s indicative of the sector’s strong overall transactional performance. Mapletree Investments, a Singapore sovereign-wealth fund, acquired a...
by Julie Sorensen | Jun 9, 2017 | Blog
Senior housing isn’t usually the first thing on investors’ radar when considering a stake in commercial real estate, but a recent mega deal might have them thinking differently. Sabra Health Care REIT and Care Capital Partners merged in a $7.4-billion deal last month....
by grsgrouptest | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog
The May jobs report by the Fed, had both good and potentially negative news for commercial real estate. The unemployment rate is now apparently at 4.3 percent, the lowest since 2001. And though economists forecasted an increase of about 185,000 new jobs in May, the...
by Jeff Coyne | May 8, 2017 | Blog
Last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) released a white paper titled: GSE Reform: Creating a Sustainable, More Vibrant, Secondary Mortgage Market, which laid out the association’s vision for a reformed and revitalized Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and secondary...
by GRS Group | Apr 12, 2017 | Blog
While the commercial real estate industrial sector continues to improve and evolve, properties in the asset class also continue to grow… in height. Bisnow recently highlighted a CBRE report that says the heights of industrial buildings have increased. The average...
