Americas Putting it together: Dry powder fuels interest in entity-level investing Investors are sitting on significant levels of dry powder earmarked for commercial real estate, and they are intrigued by the potential to generate attractive returns and deploy capital at scale.
Americas Risk tolerance: Investors, managers and consultants take stock of the current real estate environment The Editorial Advisory Board convened in Cape Neddick, Maine, in September to take the temperature of the commercial real estate market.
Americas Women drive progress in cities: Real estate investors should follow women to find the most successful markets Bringing women into the labor force increases the productivity of both companies and cities.
Americas Shop talk: A conversation with Sally Ann Flood Sally Ann Flood, a partner at Deloitte, spoke about the benefits of performance reporting standards in the real estate investment community.
Americas Rent control redux: Why it continues to be poor public policy The rise of inequality, the silent crisis of affordability and rental insecurity, and decades of stagnant real wages for much of the working middle class all have reignited calls for rent control.
Americas Investing in rent-controlled apartments Is it possible to invest successfully in rent-controlled apartments?
Americas What do you mean ‘we’? Implications from the WeWork IP-won’t The recent events at WeWork should give some pause to office landlords.
Americas Letter to the Editor: Regarding real estate education Read your article on real estate education and would like to update you on what we are doing at the Schulich School of Business in Toronto.
Americas E-commerce penetration correlates with retail property performance New research from MetLife Investment Management has examined the pace of e-commerce adoption — and which markets maybe the best bet for brick-and-mortar retail.
Americas CalSTRS addresses climate change in investment portfolio The board of the $238.3 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) board has initiated the implementation of a Low-Carbon Transition Work Plan.
Americas Colony to sell U.S. logistics assets to Blackstone Blackstone Real Estate Partners IX, an affiliate of Blackstone, has plans to acquire Colony Industrial.
Americas Self-storage investors see supply as hurdle to performance The self-storage construction pipeline has begun to contract, following seven years of expansion.
Americas Real estate companies shift to focus on tenant experience Commercial real estate executives say investments in tenant experience technologies will shift into high gear in the year ahead.
Americas Downward trend continues in Q3 2019 Third quarter 2019 saw real estate investment funds continue the downward trend of recent fundraising.
Americas Checking in: Foreign investors see investment opportunity in U.S. hotel market Asian institutions have been actively investing in U.S. hotel properties.
