Three Interactive CRE Web Sites Worth A Look

Three Interactive CRE Web Sites Worth A Look

Commercial real estate can be complicated, but it doesn’t always have to be.  It can be interesting and fun too. Recently, I have come across a few experiential Internet sites that are worth checking out to either improve the process or enjoy it a bit more. Here are...
Report: CRE Transactions Get Q1 Lift, But Prices Fall

Report: CRE Transactions Get Q1 Lift, But Prices Fall

There hasn’t been a slowdown yet, if one is coming. Commercial real estate transactions during the first quarter hit $107 billion across the five major property sectors, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percent, according to Ten-X Commercial, citing Real Capital...

Off-Campus Student Housing Goes Large

Student-housing investors have a lot to be happy about nowadays.   Off-campus student housing is experiencing very strong leasing numbers for the coming fall semester. A boost in demand and a lack of supply at certain universities are driving this trend, besting...

Walgreens-Rite Aid Marriage Means Store Closings

We knew it would happen. A $9.4-billion acquisition by Walgreens Boots Alliance of Rite Aid is going to create a mega drugstore empire that will have nearly a combined 13,000 stores, if approved, making it larger than rival CVS, though, according to a Bloomberg...

Apartment Momentum Not Slowing Up

The multifamily bubble isn’t bursting yet, and if savvy investors are in the know, it doesn’t look like it will any time soon. Lone Star Funds, a private-equity group, has agreed to acquire REIT Home Properties Inc. for about $7.6 billion.  It is apparently the...