Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 8, 2017

Deal Volume Ticks Upward Even As Pricing Slips IRVINE, CA-Even as commercial property pricing has ticked downward in recent months, transaction volume has been moving in the opposite direction. Ten-X Commercial said Wednesday that investment activity increased by 3.2% in the third quarter, marking the second consecutive three-month period of quarterly increases. Citing Real Capital Analytics data, […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 7, 2017

The Old Suburban Office Park is Getting a Big Reboot The aging office park is getting a face-lift. Once a proud symbol of suburban working life now suffering from high vacancy rates in many parts of the country, corporate office parks are being reimagined as sports domes, upscale town houses, retail shops and green gathering […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 6, 2017

CRE Industry Focused on Tax Cuts for ‘Pass-Through’ Entities as Tax Reform Enters Final Stretch The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have started work to reconcile differences between their two tax bills, including the timetable for reducing the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. Of special interest to commercial real estate investors is […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 5, 2017

How The Senate Tax Bill Handles CRE Over the weekend the US Senate passed its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill in a vote that came down to 51-49. Among many other changes to tax law the bill lowers the top corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%. …» Student Housing REITs See […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 4, 2017

Office Tenants Today Value and Expect Quality Connectivity A survey of 150 U.S. office leasing decision makers conducted by Radius Global Market Research for WiredScore found that a building’s Internet connectivity is second only to location in importance to tenants when seeking office space. Fort Worth, San Francisco, Washington, Houston, Boston and Atlanta, found that […]