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Just in! Former Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert and Beck Ventures CEO Scott Beck to join the Dallas State of the Market. |
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Affordable housing comes neither cheap nor easy, but is in great demand. Experts say the suburbs may offer DFW a blank slate to experiment with affordable housing best practices, but even with cheaper land prices, competition and construction prices still make it prohibitively difficult to pencil an affordable project. 
Cushman & Wakefield Executive Managing Director Beth Lambert said it shocks her to see the lack of housing for people who work low-income jobs. “I look at Grapevine, where we've got the big Gaylord conference hotel and you've got the Great…
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Another Law Firm Moves To The CBD
Simon Greenstone Panatier P.C. joins the growing list of law firms in Dallas' central business district with a seven-year, 24K SF lease at the Renaissance Tower. The law firm is eschewing its old digs on the 34th floor of One…
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Fear Of The Steel Tariff Is Compounding Already-Escalating Materials PricingThe price for steel drywall studs at Chicago's Reinke Supply has increased 30% so far this year — and manager Dave Herhold said there is nothing he or his customers can do about it. "Everybody hates it, including us," Herhold said. "Our hands are tied. Right now, we are at the mercy of metal fabricators and have no choice but to raise prices." The tariffs on steel imports come at an inopportune time for a construction industry already dealing with rising costs, including in steel. Hot rolled steel futures traded for $870/ton as of April 20, up from $650/ton in December. The soaring pricing is having a ripple effect across the industry. |
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CRE Investment Firms Turning To Email To Cast Wider Investor Net
Looking to buy a trophy office tower in Manhattan? Better check your spam folder. More real estate firms are adopting crowdsourcing behaviors when raising funds to buy commercial real estate, Bloomberg reports. The approach is made possible under a rule…
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Strong Q1 Office Fundamentals Suggest ‘Market Still Has Room For Expansion'Office leasing activity across the nation advanced in the first quarter, with tenants absorbing 5.2M SF, up from the negative 406K SF absorbed during the same period last year, Newmark Knight Frank reports. Rents and vacancy rates in the 56 markets Newmark tracks remained stable, with average rents increasing modestly by 2.9% to $27.68 and vacancies inching down 10 basis points to 13.5% compared to the year-ago quarter. |
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