From the Gap to Family Dollar, retailers are announcing hundreds of store closures, with no end in sight.

As institutional players take over larger communities, smaller investors can benefit by looking at communities with under 100 home sites.

Investors are increasingly underwriting deals with more conservative assumptions in the late stage of the cycle.

As co-living properties prove successful in gateway markets, they are attracting more investor money.

Even as worry about over-building spreads, self-storage properties in primary markets go for cap rates as low as 5 percent.

Cold storage might be the new frontier for industrial real estate investors as online grocery sales grow.

Rising NOIs and more capital raising point to a potential increase in REITs going public this year.

Value-add and “good secondary market” plays are the preferred investment strategies this year.

The kiosks’ novelty might serve as an added attraction for shoppers, while short-term kiosk leases are low risk.