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November 2, 2023

BXP Writes Down Asset Values, Modifies Loans As It Seeks To Hold On For Office Recovery

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As sentiment surrounding the commercial real estate market continues to sour, the largest publicly traded U.S. office landlord still has hope that a recovery is on the horizon.

Boston Properties revealed in its third-quarter earnings report that it took a $272.6M impairment charge due to value reductions for four properties in New York, San Jose, California, and Seattle, and that charge contributed to it reporting a quarterly net loss of $112M. But its executives said it isn’t giving up on those buildings.

BXP Writes Down Asset Values, Modifies Loans As It Seeks To Hold On For Office Recovery

“Given the cyclical nature of the real estate business, the value of assets like these will recover in the future when interest rates normalize and corporate economic conditions improve, and we expect to hold these assets through their recovery,” Boston Properties Chief Financial Officer Mike…

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Urban Edge Buys 2 Boston-Area Shopping Centers For $309M

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Site Centers has sold a pair of large anchor-oriented retail properties in the Boston suburbs as it launches a spinoff focused on strip malls. Urban Edge Properties, a New York-based retail real estate investment trust, bought the 639K SF Gateway Center in Everett and the 758K SF Shoppers World in Framingham for a combined…

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Longfellow Real Estate Partners Expands Its Life Sciences Reach To The UK And Beyond

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Longfellow Real Estate Partners Expands Its Life Sciences Reach To The UK And Beyond

While the global life sciences market is not immune to the challenges facing many other industries, including growing competition and supply chain disruptions, the numbers show that it remains one of the strongest commercial real estate asset classes. The global life sciences market was estimated to be worth more than $27B…

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Sagging Multifamily Market Sparks Renewed Push For Apartment Owners To Do More With Less

Sagging Multifamily Market Sparks Renewed Push For Apartment Owners To Do More With Less  

After a year of slow rent growth and high interest rates, apartment owners that have enjoyed years of profitability are seeking improved efficiency through the increased use of technology to centralize operations.

In an effort to keep costs under control, many landlords are looking to make their operations more efficient, hoping new technologies and processes can shave expenses enough to boost the bottom line, even in a tough market.

“If you had a problem property a year ago, you could just sell it,” said Lucas Haldeman, CEO and founder of SmartRent, a proptech firm whose access-control tech has helped accelerate centralization. “Now, I can’t sell it, so I have to manage it. The tenor of multifamily has absolutely shifted to expense control and ancillary revenue, two things we didn’t talk about when rents were skyrocketing.”

Centralization includes numerous stages: placing accountants and management in central offices, creating maintenance teams that work across different properties and using self-guided tours and centralized leasing teams to fill vacancies.  Technology needed to underpin centralization by improving property management, operations and maintenance has been in play for more than a decade.…

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