Americas Flying with a tailwind: The shift to ecommerce has supported trends in the industrial sector The 2020 ecommerce boom was a greatly disruptive force, especially for brick-and-mortar retailers.
Americas True value: How are real estate investors valuing their portfolios globally, and what do they expect property valuations to look like in 2021 and 2022? While property valuations are facing heightened scrutiny across the board, COVID-19 has turned the heat up on pressure cookers that were already building to a boil.
Americas High-tech: The intersection of technology and real estate creates a compelling investment landscape The importance of integrating real estate with technology has never been more apparent than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Americas SFR post-GFC: The single-family rental industry has evolved since its emergence after the financial crisis The single-family rental (SFR) industry has transformed itself from a distressed investment opportunity arising out of the subprime mortgage crisis to one of the most fundamentally sound real estate asset classes going into 2021.
Americas Core storage: Self-storage outperformance gains notice during pandemic COVID-19 has firmly cemented self-storage’s place in the conversation about core real estate property sectors.
Americas Brace yourselves: The future could be characterized by continued periodic disruptions in our ability to travel Global spread of pandemics may, in fact, become more of a fixture of our daily lives over the next 10 to 30 years.
Americas Employment rises as restrictions loosen up With the easing of lockdown restrictions in February, the United States added 379,000 jobs, with most of the gains in leisure and hospitality.
Americas Could in-store retail see a rebound in 2021? Looking ahead to 2021, in-store shopping may see a resurgence.
Americas Cold-storage will continue to serve as attractive investment opportunity The changes to the food supply chain brought on by the coronavirus pandemic are having profound impacts on the food processing and cold-storage industrial real estate sector.
Americas U.S. cities take top five places as global science cities Boston, San Francisco and Seattle have emerged as the premier global locations for life sciences, according to Savills’ Science Cities 2021 research report.
Americas Digital infrastructure fuels data center market Data centers, one of the fastest growing real estate sectors pre-pandemic, remained strong in 2020.