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A Policy Overhaul That Could Aid Commercial Real Estate
Workers are coming back to the office - at least some of them. But the American office building is undergoing a dramatic change. And figuring out what to do with the resulting glut of excess office space will be one of the most creative challen...
Commercial Real Estate Storm Sets Up Once-In-a-Generation Investment Opportunity
Artificial intelligence and commercial real estate are probably the two most-discussed industries in America right now - and the loudest talk about both tends to be apocalyptic. But in commercial real estate, the current storm of uncertainty an...
Commercial Real Estate Troubles Call for 80s, S&L Style Solution
An upcoming commercial real estate crisis could negatively affect the US economy in a way not seen since the real estate collapse of 2008. Workers aren't returning to their offices at anywhere near pre-pandemic levels, leaving building owners a...
Creativity Is Required To Save a Troubled Office Market
Three years after the pandemic started, parts of the commercial property market are finally starting to buckle under the strain as it becomes clear that office work will never return to the post-Covid norm.
The spike in interest rates...
ChatGPT Will Transform the Real Estate Industry for the Better
If I asked you to think of the most tech-savvy industries, real estate is not likely to be one of them. Buying or selling a property still requires painful amounts of paperwork, mysterious fees, and other bureaucratic tasks. Commercial real estat...
Expiring ground leases are the ticking time bombs beneath the skyline of any major U.S. city
Take in the skyline of any major U.S. city and you'll be looking at a fair number of hidden time bombs.
These are the thousands of buildings with ground leases that are getting close to the end of their term, leaving unprepared buil...
Ground Leases, Once Distrusted, Are Getting A New Lease On Life With Investors
The Federal Reserve's unusually sharp interest rate hikes since early last year have cast a cloud over most real estate markets and left investors struggling to find opportunities that beat inflation without incurring substantially more risk. T...