As part of our ongoing deep dive into Commercial Real Estate (CRE) terminology, today we’re going to focus on an asset class that has shown strong returns for investors historically, namely Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs. For many first-time investors, REITs represent an attractive opportunity to get a foot into the real estate market. They also typically pay out high dividends while allowing investors to diversify their portfolio.

You may have seen the commercial real estate (CRE) developments issuing from Dubai recently: According to the Emirates News Agency, vice president and prime minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed…

A recent report from the Brookings Institute has spurred a flurry of features and analysis into the race gap in commercial real estate in the US. The report is called “The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods: The Case of Commercial Property”, and it was published in July 2022. It argues that commercial real estate (CRE) value is “highly unequal across households, racial groups, and neighborhoods”.

Kelly Disser is the executive vice president at NAI Hiffman, in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois – and one of our top producers for the year. Kelly has over two decades in…

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As part of our ongoing blog series detailing and unpacking core knowledge of commercial real estate (CRE) terminology, we’re back with new terms specific to new builds. So read on…

Although it used to be handled as a “grudge purchase” by some developers and commercial real estate (CRE) investors – particularly in the days pre-dating our current understanding of the climate crisis – environmental, social and governance (ESG) is of increasing importance as a business consideration.

In a recent Deloitte survey, more than half of the commercial real estate brokers admitted that their firms lacked the digital capabilities to provide their clients with a more modern search and lease experience. And many still don’t have a clear understanding of the benefits being produced via the proptech industry. The digital tools you hear so much about in other industries, including AI, machine learning, and algorithms, have come to the commercial real estate market. But their adoption has not kept pace with their innovation.

Earlier this year, the PwC Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2022 report highlighted an interesting fact. While primary real estate markets, like New York and San Francisco were underperforming amid pandemic uncertainty, so-called “secondary” markets, like Nashville and Denver, have been seeing a renewed wave of investor interest.

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Kevin Goeller is a principal at NAI KLNB in Tysons, VA, with 36 years in commercial real estate (CRE) under his belt. Once again, he has made our Global’s Top Producers for the…

Welcome back to another edition of our commercial real estate (CRE) terms and definitions blog series. For this one, we’re delving into some of the sub-categories and terminology associated with industrial real estate.