Key Economic Trends and Predictions
Economic Trends Second quarter GDP comes in at 2.1% annualized rate. After a strong finish to the first quarter where GDP grew at a 3.1% annualized...
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Key Economic Trends and Predictions
Economic Trends Inflation expectations increase. A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York revealed that expectations for inflation both a year...
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3 Hot West Coast Multifamily CRE Markets to Watch
Developers have been opening 300,000 to 325,000 new luxury apartments every year across America since 2016. This pace is expected to continue...
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West Coast: Where Capital Wants to Be in 2019
Deal volume for commercial real estate in the U.S. fell off in the first quarter of 2019, mainly due to a bumpy interest rate environment that had a...
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Key Economic Trends and Predictions
Economic Trends Fed board divided on whether to cut rates in 2019. Louis Fed President James Bullard made a case for lowering short term rates in...
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Coworking Concerns: The Office ‘In-Crowd’ In Doubt?
There is no question that the coworking industry has both impressed on the street and transformed the office sector. However, doubts on the balance...
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Watch These 5 Hot West Coast Industrial Markets
In a recent study by the National Real Estate Investor, 44 percent of respondents said that the industrial sector’s expansion phase has at least 12...
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Key Economic Trends and Predictions
Economic Trends GDP estimates increase as employment and consumer spending trend positive. April saw a 50-year low in applications filed for...
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What do Interest Rates Shifts, an Inverted Yield Curve, and Trade Wars Mean for CRE?
The Federal Reserve’s decision to suspend rate hikes this year and end the runoff of its balance sheet was closely watched across the commercial...
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Retail Survival Guide 2019: Everything You Need to Know to Weather the Storm
There is considerable discussion, debate, and doubt concerning the fate of the American shopping mall, and the retail industry as a whole. Malls once...
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Can a Record-Setting Year Continue in 2019?
Economists are united in predicting the economic recovery will remain on course in 2019, making it the longest expansion in U.S. history. Yet, it is...
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4 Ways Millennials and Gen Z Are Changing What We Know About CRE
While virtually every industry has embraced technology in recent years, as well as the changes and advancements that have come along as a result of...
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Quest for Talent Motivates Tech Titans to Look Beyond Traditional West Coast Bases
Corporate relocations are not new, nor are they all driven by the same reasons. In the past, decisions ranged from a desire to be near a key customer,...
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A Bright Future for San Francisco’s Bayshore
San Francisco’s downtown core has grabbed many headlines over the last few years due to ambitious development projects that include the Central SOMA...
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Industrial Solidifies Position as Darling Asset Class in 2018
The industrial property sector has never been known as a dynamic, sexy asset class. To be sure, the property category was more likely recognized as a...
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How E-Commerce is Changing the Fortune and Construction of Industrial Buildings
The explosion of e-commerce has created demand for industrial space that has never been as intense and sustained as it is now, sparking vast amounts...
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6 Things to Watch for in the West Coast Office Market in 2019
What is happening in the West Coast office market in the next year? Things are certainly heating up with vacancies dropping, positive net absorption...
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Are Opportunity Zones a Boom Waiting to Happen?
Opportunity zones expand the number of potential real estate investments by opening up the possibility for greater profits on long-term plays in...
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Kohl’s Sees Increased In-Store Sales Thanks to Amazon Returns
If you’re in retail, you know Amazon has been causing a lot of disruption. First, it was JC Penney’s and Sears, then Toys R Us earlier this year....
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What “Quality” Means for Western Retail Investment
Quality is prevailing over quantity as Western retail investors adapt to the sector’s structural changes. Does “quality” mean the same thing for...
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