Net Lease Investors Look Abroad

Commercial real estate’s net lease sector is a very popular investment vehicle for groups wanting to get into the industry to own assets but don’t want the responsibility of managing or operating a building. To stay on top of the latest net lease trends, GRS Group’s...

Office Sector Rebound Going Strong…for REITs

Obviously, not every owner in the office sector of commercial real estate is a REIT. These entities are often the cream of the crop when it comes to portfolio quality and asset management. But understanding the performance of these firms can give us a relatively good...

REITs a Stable Investment in Today’s Economy

  We’ve all worked with or at least heard of a REIT before, but what exactly are these entities, and is it a trendy activity for real estate investors in 2014? First, a REIT is defined as a Real Estate Investment Trust. They were created back around 1960 as a...

Don’t Believe the Hype: Malls Aren’t Dead

We’ve been told for quite a while now that malls are dead, or at least about to vanish. This declaration became popular in the mass media a little over a decade ago when it figured out that people were buying goods online. And editors love to make big pronouncements...

CRE Investment Comes Back Big

  Akerman LLP put out a survey saying that investor confidence in U.S. commercial real estate has reached “new heights,” reported GlobeSt.com. This in huge contrast with the bad news coming out of the CRE investment community during the recession. In this space,...