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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A Decade in Review: Industrial Asset Class Powers into Darling Status
The past decade has ushered in a host of emerging trends and changes that have played out across the commercial real estate spectrum in a variety of...
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Los Angeles & Its Multi-Billion Dollar Investment in the Olympics
Los Angeles won the rights to host the 2028 Olympic games, and that’s spurred a host of projects designed to ensure the games go off without a hitch...
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Key Economic Trends and Predictions
Economic Trends Fed Lowers Interest Rates for Third Time in 2019 In late October, the U.S. Fed cut its interest rate by a quarter-point to a range of...
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Rent Control Becomes a National Movement
Tighter controls on apartment rent increases are emerging on the national stage. Already rent control or caps have been instituted in California,...
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Key Economic Trends and Predictions
Economic Trends Trade disputes and yield curve inversion could lead to further rate cuts in 2019. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that...
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What is Driving West Coast Multifamily Markets Today?
The multifamily asset class has captured a lofty position within the commercial real estate industry as an investment preference in recent years. It...
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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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