Cousins REIT Betting Big on Sunbelt, Austin

Cousins REIT Betting Big on Sunbelt, Austin

It’s no secret that some of the fastest-growing U.S. metro areas are in the South. So now seems like a good time to put together a major REIT focusing on the region’s commercial real estate. That’s what recently happened when Atlanta-based Cousins Properties recently...

ULI Report: Texas Cities Lead Country in CRE Interest 

Following is another installment of my coverage of the recent ULI Fall Meeting. As we mentioned before, the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2017” report unveiled there was packed with a ton of great information for commercial real estate investors. For this article,...

High Tech Rules the Office Sector

Commercial real estate’s office sector has plenty of different tenant types. But right now, firms that specialize in technology are becoming increasingly the main tenants that landlords are targeting. The more that consumers rely on technology, there is increased...

Self-Storage Sector On Fire

Commercial real estate’s self-storage sector continues to perform extremely well. Rents are rising, and stocks of some of the leading REITs in the sector, such as Extra Space Storage have really taken off in the last year. And like the industrial and multifamily...

Hotel Sector Keeps Picking Up Steam

The hotel sector of commercial real estate saw a bit of a lag for a few years during the Great Recession, but that is starting to change. Many hotel operators and managers are starting to get more aggressive with their expansion and investment plans. One of the newest...