Execute CRE Environmental Due Diligence Early

Execute CRE Environmental Due Diligence Early

The longer a firm waits to complete its environmental due diligence on a transaction or development project, the more problems the company could face during the life of the deal. That was the overriding message at a recent CREW New York meeting I attended called...

Look For an Interest Rate Boost After Jobs Report

The May jobs report by the Fed, had both good and potentially negative news for commercial real estate. The unemployment rate is now apparently at 4.3 percent, the lowest since 2001. And though economists forecasted an increase of about 185,000 new jobs in May, the...

ICSC RECon Recap: What We Learned

As happens every year, the GRS Group team hit the annual International Council of Shopping Centers’ RECon show in Las Vegas last month. Members of our team sharing their perspectives are Allen Brown and Kevin May, who both attended the ICSC educational sessions and...