Doug Finlay of NAI Peninsula has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate (CRE) in Ontario, Canada. His career path started in commercial construction, in the field. He then had a life-changing interview with a design-build contractor who spotted his potential and gave him the chance to explore more options and said “Here’s your desk, see where you fit in”. Doug says “After several months of trying my hand at estimating, then project managing small contracts, I found my natural niche – business development and contract negotiation.

Although we can’t quite believe it, this is now the 13th edition of our commercial real estate (CRE) terms and definitions blog. In this series over the past year, we’ve explored and unpacked many of the common and not-so-common words and phrases associated with this fascinating and dynamic industry. In fact, it is this dynamism (of the field) that means these blogs continue to be some of our top-performing content, read by people around the world – both within the industry and those looking to break in.

We’re baaaaaaaack! Well, two-thirds anyway, based on the number of folks on May 23-24 that meandered the showroom floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the biggest commercial real…

Brian Califf is an executive vice president at NAI Saig Company in Memphis, Tennessee, and one of NAI Global’s Top Producers for the year. Top Producers is our annual showcase…

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The matter of sentiment is sometimes as hard to define as the feelings therein themselves. In investments analysis, measuring sentiment is a key point for the forecasters and commentators, but one that is a mix of qualitative and quantitative – in terms of both the input (data) and output (results).

Using social media to close real estate deals isn’t a new idea. For a while now, building up a social media presence and ongoing relationships with actual and prospective clients…

The past few years have posed challenges for many sectors, but one that’s had to be particularly quick on its feet is retail. We’ve seen retailers shift to operating fully online, pivot to hybrid models of “bricks and clicks”, and many other variations designed to meet the rapidly changing needs of their customers. And, as the latest National Retail Federation forecast shows, there are still some hoops left for retail to jump through before we are totally back on track.

NAI Global is proud of our status as the largest independent broker organization in the world, which translates into an incredible wealth of insight and expertise in our business. In…

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According to recent results by online marketplace Apartment List; remote working declined in popularity in the US in 2021, but admittedly, not by much. Apartment List collected the data in two surveys over April and December last year, and asked workers about their work habits and the likelihood of them returning to the office full time.

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