Americas Cloudy with a chance of windfall: The powering up of data centers A data center is a hardware store full of servers, storage devices and network connections.
Americas The REIT stuff In a relatively short period of time, REITs have taken on a large portion of the data center marketplace.
Americas Shed no tiers The Uptime Institute has instituted a standard, guiding design for data centers globally.
Americas The case for real estate, revisited: Re-examining the evidence in favor of the asset class Real estate now contributes to a multi-asset portfolio in ways it was never intended.
Americas The three styles of institutional real estate investing Different types of real estate investments deliver different qualities to the portfolio.
Americas The cost of doing business: Saving energy and carbon in existing commercial buildings The impacts of new regulations introduced in the United Kingdom can serve as a useful case study for real estate investors around the world.
Americas A new debt frontier: The appeal of private direct lending to commercial real estate Under current market conditions, private commercial real estate lenders can deliver value-added-level returns to their investors, at lower risk than equity vehicles.
Americas Back to the future: With the success of the city’s Olympic bid, transit-oriented development continues to create opportunities in Los Angeles The city of Los Angeles has had a tradition of transit-oriented development.
Americas Focusing on benchmarks: Benchmarks are getting more attention than ever, but at what cost? I am going to examine some of the implications of the trend toward more focus on benchmarks.
Americas Not so fast: The changing role of real estate in investors’ portfolios Today’s low-yield environment is the primary force driving today’s higher allocations to real estate and other alternatives.
Americas Pension funds report strong performances in fiscal year 2017 The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System, Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi and Teachers’ Retirement System of Louisiana report returns.
Americas Political uncertainty weighs on investor sentiment Political uncertainty is weighing on investor sentiment, according to a special report by Marcus & Millichap.
Americas 2017's hurricane season emphasizes need for resilient property In the aftermaths of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the watchword is resilience.
Americas Aging population boosts demand for medical office The aging U.S. population, pressure on healthcare providers to cut costs, and new technologies have boosted the demand for medical office properties in recent years.
Americas U.S. adds 156,000 jobs in August Employment in the United States increased by 156,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Americas Aon to acquire Townsend for $475m Aon Plc will acquire The Townsend Group, a Cleveland-based real estate consulting firm that currently is majority-owned by Colony NorthStar.
Americas Real estate values shake it off in Q2 Commercial property valuations have been shaking off rising interest rates, with cap rates for many property types continuing to tighten.
Americas REITs rise 0.6% in August U.S. REIT returns were 0.64 percent for the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index in August.
Americas Nearly 950 real estate funds seek capital One-third of all open real estate funds were launched since the beginning of 2016, according to Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s FundTracker database.
