Cover Stories

Inland Private Capital Blazes a Trail in
Tax-Oriented CRE Investing

Reconsidering the State of Office

Separating Reality From Headlines

Cities Fight Back Against Downtown Distress

Revitalization of downtown San Francisco and Chicago
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Leading in Tough Times: The Lessons That Were Imparted

Thirty-two commercial real estate industry leaders, each offering his or her own insights. That’s...Read more

Marcus & Millichap’s Hessam Nadji: “Slow Down and Ask the Right Questions”

To conclude our “leading in Tough Times” series, here are parts 3 and 4 of a four-part conversa...Read more

Marcus & Millichap’s Hessam Nadji: Focus on the Fundamentals

One of the advantages of working for a great leaders is that their leadership styles can provide ex...Read more

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Business Development Tip: Develop your social strategy to drive your business 

For commercial real estate companies, social media platforms are a vital element in achieving defin...Read more

Business Development Tip: Not exploring your CRM options could be a huge oversight for your company. 

Adequate customer relationship management should be at the forefront of your commercial real estate...Read more

Business Development Tip:  Highlight your expertise with thought leadership content 

Positioning your company as a thought leader is one of the sure ways to drive business development ...Read more

Editors' Weekly News Roundup

Editors’ Weekly News Round Up March 11 – March 15

Inflation continues to churn above 3%, and once again shelter costs were the main villain.”Robert Frick, corporate economist at Navy Federal Credit Union Friday is often considered a slow news day, but that certainly wasn't the case this past week. Connect CRE posted a breaking news story on a settleme...Read more

Editors’ Weekly News Round Up March 4 – March 8

The average cap rate increased from 6.4% to 7% in the second half of 2023. CBRE The futures of some institutionally owned San Francisco properties were subjects of interest to Connect CRE readers this past week. One story among t...Read more

Editors’ Weekly News Round Up February 26 – March 1

The people who approved this deal are standing by the company, they’re putting new money into the company and they’re eliminating more than half of the obligations that we had.Mark E. Rose, Avison Young The past week was a week of large-scale, decisive action, at least according to the stories Connect CRE readers favored. Drawing an especially sizabl...Read more

Monday National Daily Topper

The First Wave for Multifamily – March 18, 2024

2024 has been widely viewed as the first wave of impending commercial real estate loan maturities, if not distress. Although much attention has been ...Read more

A Difference of Opinion – March 11, 2024

Going by CEOs’ comments on the recent fourth-quarter earnings calls of the major publicly traded commercial real estate services firms, the consens...Read more

Not as Simple as It Seems – March 4, 2024

There's a school of thought that sees a solution to the current housing shortage as a no-brainer. Why not just convert empty (or emptying) office bui...Read more

Industry Foundations

Thought leadership

How to Get Into Real Estate Development & Become the One Who Makes It All Happen

On a real estate development project, the developer may not be the one doing all the work but is the one who’s ultimately responsible for making sure that all of it gets done. The scale of the project may be as small as a single-family home or as massive as Hudson Yards in New York City, yet the role of the developer is the same: planning, financing and execution. That in turn entails selecting and hiring the team that will bring the project to fruition.  Beco...

U.S. GDP Growth Sees Increase After Negative Q1

Economists largely expect the U.S. to rebound in Q2 as some of the factors holding back growth early in the year—including supply-chain issues stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—subside, according to CNBC.   Q1’s decline was the worst for GDP performance since the 31.2% drop seen in Q2 2020, CNBC reported. Real GDP decreased at an annual rate of 1.5% in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysi...

Yardi Matrix April 2022 Report: No Multifamily Rent Slowdown

The U.S. apartment sector isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. According to Yardi Matrix’s April 2022 “National Multifamily Report,” year-over-year rent growth continues to climb, while occupancy remains in the “full” category at above 96%.  Related news: Read more Yardi Matrix report coverage.  The report stated that asking rent increased by $15 in April to another record-breaking high of $1,659 per unit; year-over-year growth was 14.3%....