Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 23, 2018
The Hotel Sector is Poised for a Strong 2018, but Caution is in the Air The hotel business is likely to break more performance records in 2018, according to experts in the sector. Developers continue to flood the pipeline with new projects. But since land to build hotels on is hard to find, and lenders […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 22, 2018
CRE Is Well-Positioned for 2018 Incredibly, at least for anyone who has lived through previous economic cycles, the current upcycle is now pivoting into its eighth year. And though there have been some concerns and a few negatives in the past year-sandbags on the exuberance, if you will-the overall outlook, especially for commercial real estate, […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 19, 2018
Six Takeaways from the NMHC Apartment Strategies Outlook Conference For the multifamily sector, 2018 should be a healthy year. Demand is strong-and it will be for some time. That was largely the message at the National Multifamily Housing Council’s annual Apartment Strategies Outlook Conference, held this week in Orlando. However, the optimism at the conference […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 18, 2018
Retail Sales to Grow 3% Annually through 2021; Store Openings to Outpace Closures Retail industry sales are expected to remain on the upswing for the next several years and so are store openings. A new report by Zebra Technologies, conducted with IHL Group, projects that retail industry sales in North America and EMEA regions (Europe, […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 17, 2018
Seven Predictions for the Multifamily Sector in 2018 “Stable.” That’s the one word that encapsulates the anticipated state of the multifamily sector this year, according to Greg Willett, chief economist at RealPage, a Richardson, Texas-based firm which provides property management software solutions. That was also the sentiment expressed by other industry experts as well, when […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 16, 2018
No Joke. It Really Is Different This Time … Right? Saying “it’s different this time” has long been a surefire way to elicit a laugh with an audience of commercial real estate professionals. After all, there are few things more certain than the cyclicality of the industry. Many of today’s leaders cut their teeth by […]