The REIT sector posted a total return of 28.1 percent last year, according to trade group Nareit. That’s the best performance for REITs since 2014, when the sector notched a total return of 29.96 percent. So, will that scenario continue into 2020? Don’t count on it.
Who will elect to buy the controversial Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. and how much money will the luxury property command? Those questions underpin one of today’s most high-profile guessing games in the hotel sector.
Reverse logistics operators are taking up vacated space in class-B industrial buildings, driving down overall industrial vacancy. Second-generation warehouse space is typically preferred over modern, class-A space for reverse logistics. This dynamic has created a market niche for older industrial buildings that didn't exist 10 years ago.
MSCI, an American finance company, released its 2020 Emerging Real Estate Trends report today. The main themes of the report revolve around the improvement of data in the real estate investment space, and how this is playing a more vital role in investment decision-making.
Industrial developers and investors are considering the advantages of rail access when choosing locations for new projects. While rail access doesn't drive location decisions, it has become a risk mitigation strategy, offering an alternative to trucking if the driver shortage escalates.
If the overall commercial real estate industry has been slow to adopt new methods, property management is one of the last bastions within the sector to embrace change. If tenants can only connect with property managers through electronic means, they can become dissatisfied.
Over the next decade, research shows further growth in aggregate enrollment in higher education in the U.S. and continued growth in first generation college students. But what do the statistics mean for student housing developers and their strategies going forward?
Gap Inc., the apparel retailer that’s searching for a new chief executive officer, said it will no longer seek to establish Old Navy as a standalone company. The shares rose in pre-market trading on Friday.
