One of the biggest findings of the 2014 PWC Real Estate Investor Survey has been the rise of “18-hour” cities, or second-tier cities, as opposed to the 24-hour gateways. NREI spoke with Mitchell Roschelle, the U.S. national practice...
As real estate investors continue to show a preference for necessity-based retail and as supermarket chains, drugstores and dollar stores try to grab the greatest market share of consumers’ food dollars, it’s more important than ever...
Lifestyle centers were the stars of the retail development universe in the 2000s. Shoppers flocked to these properties, which typically featured a single-story, open-air design and upscale tenants. Since the recession, however, only a few of these...
As the ICSC New York National Deal Making Conference draws near and leasing executives hope to bring in new tenants to their malls and shopping centers, this year’s crop of new and expanding retail concepts promises to give them plenty to...
Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava is renowned for his sweeping and iconic designs. His work has an organic feel while also boasting innovative engineering. The results are sweeping structures, including bridges, museums, campuses...
By at least one measure, the yield on investments in apartment properties still hasn’t matched the level of the real estate boom. That’s the “risk premium” that investors demand for apartments compared to Treasury bonds...
The industrial sector may be making a comeback, but according to several ghost-hunter websites, so are many of the deceased folks who once occupied these factories and warehouses. Haunted industrial sites can be found across the country. Some of...
You may think your job's a nightmare, but however bad it may be, it's nothing compared to the experience of people who work in haunted office buildings. Upset by renovations or even too much or not enough employee turnover, ghosts have been...
None of us would accept an investment portfolio without diversity. Too risky. A workforce without diversity? Even riskier. Yet we’ve taken that enormous risk in commercial real estate for too long by not making diversity and inclusion a top...