WMRE Daily
WMRE Daily

APRIL 19, 2021

Top Story

Data Center Construction Pipeline to Keep Growing in 2021

Even amid a pandemic, the construction pipeline for data centers in the U.S. has kept growing. While in 2019, 4.92 million Relative Byte Address (RBA) sq. ft. of data centers were built and renovated, according to CoStar Advisory Service, last year the figure rose to 6.78 RBA million sq. ft. 

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Commentary

Simplicity in Fixed Income Investing Is a Thing of the Past

The difference versus one year ago is investing opportunities are less obvious and not sitting at the surface.

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Exclusive Research

Investor Sentiment Recovers

Exclusive survey points to returning confidence in commercial real estate values and performance.

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WMRE Wire

Blackstone to Sell $3 Billion Australian Logistics to ESR

The sale would mark the largest real estate transaction in Australia in five years.

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Global Derivatives Market Embraces Pact to Preempt Libor Pain

The pact allows for Libor to automatically be yanked from hundreds of trillions of dollars of interest-rate swaps, futures and options and replaced with another rate.

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Seven Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

Boosted by vaccinations and a resulting drop in cases at seniors housing facilities, REITs in that sector have begun to rebound, reports McKnight’s Senior Living. Commercial Observer looks at how investors are using proptech to help make their buildings greener. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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