Jul 31, 2023 Think Twice Before Signing that Proposal! By JD Howard Bruce Smith Colby Nelson A common mistake that many owners and/or developers (Owners) make when beginning a new construction/development project is executing an...
Jul 31, 2023 The Rise of Extended-Stay Hotels By Luke Hoover The pandemic and the surge in hybrid work arrangements have ignited a robust demand for longer hotel stays, propelling extended-stay...
Jul 28, 2023 Sale-Leasebacks Are Having a Moment By Matt Flower Sale leaseback transactions involve a company selling a property and then leasing it back from the buyer. The seller gets an infusion of...
Jul 27, 2023 Adaptive Reuse of Hospitality Properties By Catherine Morgen The hospitality industry has always been dynamic, adapting to changing consumer needs and preferences. The adaptive reuse of hotel...
Jul 20, 2023 NAIOP Takes an Interesting Look into Development Approvals Across North America By Daniel Weede NAIOP just released an updated analysis of the site plan and building permit review process. NAIOP first did this in 2021 but have now...
Jul 20, 2023 Multifamily Investors Can Bet on Atlanta By Anna Davis Even though the multifamily market has experienced turmoil recently, the Atlanta market may be poised for a comeback. Paul Berry with...
Jul 19, 2023 FL Insurance By Seth Taylor Property insurance is admittedly not the coolest topic, but the recent news that Farmers Insurance is leaving Florida reminded me of this...
Jul 19, 2023 Alternative and Creative Capital Options Become More Important as CRE Lending Declines for the First Time in Two Years By John Cagigas Nina Goodall-Bernal As many in the market know all too well, data from several economic research firms have indicated sharp declines in commercial real...
Jul 19, 2023 Antitrust Lawsuit Involving Multifamily Owners and Managers Continues By Nina Goodall-Bernal Matthew Sours Pelham Wilder IV John Cagigas John Green +2 more... Show less In November 2022, several U.S. multifamily tenants filed a lawsuit against numerous real estate companies alleging improper use of...
Jul 19, 2023 Built-to-Succeed: How Built-to-Rent Developments are Well-Positioned in High Inflation / Interest Rate Environment By Luke Owens Prospective home buyers face affordability issues that are likely to get worse before they get better. Yet, homebuilder stocks are having...
Jul 19, 2023 EPA Proposed Regulation Aimed at Lowering Lead Paint Exposure: Pre-1978 Buildings Likely to be Affected By Nina Goodall-Bernal Matthew Sours Pelham Wilder IV John Green John Cagigas +2 more... Show less Although regulations banning certain levels of lead paint in residences have been in effect since 1978, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Jul 18, 2023 Office Lenders Holding Out As In-Person Attendance Ticks Up By John Green Matthew Sours Pelham Wilder IV As office worker truancy slowly declines (and the office party planning committees reconvene), office building lenders are hedging that...
Jul 17, 2023 Focus on Industrial Rather Than Office, and See a Different Future By Daniel Weede I read over the weekend that Morgan Stanley analysts “forecast a peak-to-trough CRE price decline of as much as 40%, worse than in the...
Jul 13, 2023 Legal Issues in AI By Daniel Weede Our Morris, Manning & Martin tech/cyber/privacy team is producing a 30 minute webinar next Wednesday on critical AI issues that every...
Jul 13, 2023 Industry Celebrates as FHA Raises Threshold By Anna Davis Jeffery DeArman The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) raised the threshold for at which a multifamily loan is considered a large loan from $75 million...
Jul 12, 2023 A Not-So-Contrarian Approach: The CRE Debt Investment Thesis. By Luke Owens When David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group speaks, the market listens. A couple of weeks ago, Rubenstein made headlines by saying that...