The COVID-19 Economy – May
Unemployment in the Great Shutdown Unemployment claims have increased dramatically since the onset of the COVID-19 virus. The following table captures...
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Will Demand Return with a Whimper or a Roar?
After more than two months at a standstill, the economy is starting to reopen. The next phase will no doubt come with a new set of questions. Demand...
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May Multifamily Rent Collections for Oregon and SW Washington Give Reason for Optimism Moving Forward
Entering the second month of the COVID-19 global pandemic, many owners and managers of multifamily properties in the Northwest were anticipating May...
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A Tale of Two Markets – Office
Dramatically different commercial real estate markets – that’s what was seen for the first quarter of 2020. Initially, a robust, healthy economy...
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A Tale of Two Markets – Industrial
The first quarter of 2020 is a story about two vastly different commercial real estate markets. There was the growth market that basked in the...
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Re-Entering the Workplace – Tenant Guide
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented and extraordinary. The Property Management Division of Kidder Mathews has created this...
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COVID-19 Real Estate Benchmarks
The following illustrates various measurements of commercial real estate investment from the beginning of 2005 through the first quarter of 2020,...
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Economic Resilience of Greater Seattle Region Indicates Long-Term Success for 100,000-Unit Apartment Development Pipeline
According to new market research released by Dylan Simon and Jerrid Anderson of Kidder Mathews, the apartment development pipeline in the Puget Sound...
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Covid-19: Re-Opening Workplaces – Landlord Guide
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been unprecedented and extraordinary. The Property Management Division of Kidder Mathews has created this...
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COVID-19’s Economic Impact on CRE
The order to shelter at home and closing of non-essential businesses has created a significant impact on the national and local economies. The...
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COVID-19’s Effects on the Bay Area
Outlined as follows, within the last 30 days, several Bay Area commercial developments are continuing to move forward and the biggest companies in...
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Advice from the Front Lines to Navigate Today’s Volatile Markets
The commercial real estate sector had been saying for months just about the only thing that could derail the strong market fundamentals was a Black...
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The COVID-19 Economy
The following is general economic data and information for the US and select states. Government data was obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics,...
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COVID-19 The Great Thaw
The COVID-19 pandemic has been destructive, both economically and socially. The sizzling U.S. economy is now frozen because of stay-at-home orders,...
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Prop 13A – California Real Estate Tax Initiative
This November, commercial property owners in California could be budgeting for a substantial increase in their 2022 real estate taxes. The potential...
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COVID-19 & Bay Area Commercial Real Estate
Early 2020 will mark the end of the country’s longest economic expansion. Growth in GDP that began in mid-2009, at the end of the Great Recession,...
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COVID-19 Pits CRE’s Sudden Change vs. Sustained Strength
The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent downturn can feel like the economic train is careening off the tracks. But according to Brian Hatcher at Kidder...
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Perspective on the COVID-19 Crisis – San Francisco
Overall Vacancy – San Francisco COVID-19 Crisis OVERALL vacancy at 4Q 2019 was 5.0% TECH has been leasing excess space for future growth but not...
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A Decade in Review: Breaking Down West Coast CRE Office Markets
The past decade is firmly established in the record books as the period in time that experienced the greatest number of jobs created in the United...
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The Hotel Market and COVID-19
The outbreak of COVID-19, the new coronavirus, is having an impact the lodging industry. Among the first to be affected in our region were properties...
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