Uncertainty Dogs Capital Markets, Might Make CRE Financing Tougher
There may be still a lot of debt and equity looking for placement in commercial real estate deals, but uncertainty has crept back into the capital market.
The macroeconomic outlook — the prospect of a recession and the fact that the real estate cycle is uncomfortably long — has made things a little cloudy, according to two CRE experts who will be speaking at Bisnow's Dallas Capital Markets and 2019 Forecast event Dec. 4.
Lending standards for commercial real estate deals seem to be tightening, Lever Energy Capital President Mark Boyer said.
"But I would not call them tight, nor is it unanimous. Some lenders are holding to their positions. It's a story of competing…
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Small, Distant Suburbs Growing Fastest In DFW
Prosper, Little Elm and Fate are taking DFW's growth by the horns.
Those three cities — each at least 30 miles outside of Downtown Dallas — are the fastest-growing cities in North Texas, census data analysis by the Dallas Business Journal shows. The…
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Under The Tree For Retailers: More Efforts To Combine Online, In-Store Shopping
This holiday season, retailers are implementing strategies to draw online shoppers into stores, reward their loyalty in new ways and ensure that toys are available at every turn, according to a new report from CBRE.
CBRE's annual Holiday Retail Trends Guide outlines trends that will shape the season. Consumer spending growth is exceeding expectations and with a positive turn in retailer earnings over the first half of the year, holiday sales forecasts are optimistic. Retailers are expected to push their omnichannel strategies more than ever during this holiday season and encourage shoppers to buy across channels.
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White House Climate Change Report Highlights Major Implications For Commercial Real Estate
Several federal agencies, including the U.S. Global Change Research Program, delivered a quadrennial report on the potential effects of climate change and the country's ability to address them over Thanksgiving Day weekend. The report's findings were sobering, but did little to sway President Donald Trump, who publicly denounced the study upon its release.
Bisnow read through the report to uncover the main risks to commercial real estate, which are listed in the following slideshow.
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Survey: CRE Brokers High On Cannabis Real Estate Deals
On the heels of voters approving the legalization of marijuana in three more states, a survey of brokers by commercial real estate software company Apto found that 85% would do another cannabis real estate transaction, despite the difficulty of negotiating deals.
Voters in Michigan legalized marijuana for recreational use, and voters in Missouri and Utah legalized the use of medical marijuana. Now, 33 states and the District of Columbia have some form of legal marijuana sales.
Brokers rated the difficulty of a cannabis deal compared with a conventional deal at 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being less difficult and 10 being more difficult.
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The Office Group, Deliveroo And Starwood: 6 Ways The Shared Economy Will Revolutionize Real Estate
The shared economy has revolutionized the way we live, and has created three of the biggest private companies in the world in tech unicorns Uber, Airbnb and WeWork.
Real estate is squarely at the center of that revolution as people share space they occupy as well as their cars and their lives on social media. That offers the opportunity to use real estate more efficiently and interestingly. But it also fundamentally challenges the traditional model of renting space to one user for as long a period as possible.
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