Americas A welcome development: Foreign immigration supports economic growth and real estate investment success What would be the impact on commercial real estate and the wider economy if the immigrant population in the United States declines?
Americas Investors look to the Sunbelt for office-using job growth Sunbelt office markets have been attracting institutional investors, where strong office-using job growth is forecast for the next few years.
Americas The top 10 issues affecting real estate The Counselors of Real Estate has put out its annual list of the top 10 issues facing the commercial real estate industry.
Americas Challenges confronting regional malls intensify: A look at the three major causes of retail contraction Within the spectrum of commercial real estate, no property type is facing such profound challenges as regional malls.
Americas Merely bad: Taking advantage of a transition period in Brazil In emerging markets, “you make more money when things go from truly awful to merely bad." That is the investment opportunity in Brazil right now.
Americas Finding a premium: Study shows mixed-use developments are a boon to investors What is the premium mixed-use projects provide to investors? A Harvard University/Portman Holdings study tries to answer this question.
Americas Downward trend ends: Has institutional real estate performance stabilized? After eight consecutive quarters of declines, the NCREIF Property Index (NPI) total return improved in second quarter 2017.
Americas BIM bam boom: What institutional investors need to know about new development technologies Building information modeling (BIM) is the most important technological breakthrough you have never heard of.
Americas Industrial issues: The top three factors affecting the investment darling The average annual total returns of the industrial sector have outpaced all other major property sectors in institutional portfolios. Can this momentum continue?
Americas The horse latitudes: Real estate is becalmed, but for how long? We seem to have entered the horse latitudes of the current real estate investment cycle.
Americas North Carolina pension CIO resigns as state treasurer slashes fees and fires managers Kevin SigRist has resigned from the $94 billion North Carolina Retirement Systems.
Americas Is the U.S. economy having a Goldilocks moment? From an employment perspective, the U.S. economy appears to be in a Goldilocks moment — not too hot, not too cold.
Americas Multifamily sector remains healthy, but supply is increasing The U.S. multifamily market remains healthy, with high demand and moderate vacancy, but continued new supply has begun to affect vacancy and rents.
Americas Pension plans report investment returns for fiscal year A number of pension funds, including the $327 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System, have reported fiscal year investment returns.
Americas Fundraising limps along Compared to real estate private equity fundraising in first quarter 2017, the second quarter of this year looks positively high-five-worthy.