Thinking about #investing in #CRE? Here's what you should know first

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Investing in real estate can be a way to earn passive income and increase your wealth. While plenty of investors have success in residential real estate, others make a move to commercial real estate to gain even more money. As with any investment, co

With nearly a dozen new student housing projects already underway — including two in Midtown Atlanta — an Athens, Georgia-based developer is shooting for another 40 projects around the country over the next half decade

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Landmark Properties Eyeing 40 Projects Nationwide In Next 5 Years
Landmark is already underway with a second student housing tower in Atlanta.

During the first half of 2018, cross-border investors snapped up $2

.19B worth of commercial real estate in Manhattan. What else? http://qoo.ly/scjc6

Cross-Border Capital Less Interested In U.S. CRE, Except For Big Apple
Manhattan was the only U.S. market among the top 10 cities in the world for cross-border investment. London was No. 1.

Here's what we predicted to be on tap in the #hotel space for #2018? What are your thoughts? http://qoo

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Of all of the innovations sweeping through CRE this year, perhaps no sector is expecting to see a bigger wave of change than the hotel space. Like all other sectors of the CRE industry, technology is at the heart of these changes.

What are the risks facing operators and financiers of seniors housing and care facilities? Find out here: http://qoo

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A Discussion on Risk in the Seniors Housing Sector | National Real Estate Investor
What are the risks facing operators and financiers of seniors housing and care facilities?

Millennials, Gen Y, professionals born after 1981, how do we attract thee? Find out here: http://qoo

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Engaging Millennial Talent | SourceCon
Millennials, Gen Y, professionals born after 1981, how do we attract thee? According to the US Census Bureau, 56 Million Millennials were in the workforce either currently employed or seeking employment, surpassing the 41 Million Baby Boomers. Accord

Investors ponied up $337M during the first half of 2018 for medical office buildings in metro Chicago

. Find out why here: http://qoo.ly/sb9qu

Investors Love Medical Office In Chicago More Than Anywhere Except NY
Investors are eager to buy MOBs in Chicago, almost as much as in NY.

It might be surprise to you to learn that the #retail world does impact the #industrial market

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Retail trends have had a huge impact on the industrial market for the last few years. Amazon shifted the entire e-commerce industry to lightning-fast shipping, which means that industrial centers and warehouses are being moved to closer-to-the-city l

The coworking trend has taken over the U

.S., and Austin is no exception. Check out our round-up of some of the coolest coworking spaces in the Live Music Capital of the World. http://qoo.ly/saybu

Check Out 15 of Austin’s Top Coworking Spaces
The coworking trend has taken over the U.S., and Austin is no exception. Check out our round-up of some of the coolest coworking spaces in the Live Music Capital of the World.

While senior housing has always been a profitable industry, it has really been able to stand on its own two feet recently as a viable and significant class of real estate.

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While senior housing has always been a profitable industry, it has really been able to stand on its own two feet recently as a viable and significant class of real estate – with more and more outside investors jumping on board and adding senior

Vacancy rates are at all time lows. Absorption rates are at their highest and the “industrial sector has outperformed all other property types with double-digit total returns”. Learn more:

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The obvious reason behind this surge in investor excitement about warehouses is the growth of e-commerce, but that’s not the only reason. Here are 4 not-so-obvious reasons why warehouses are hot investments right now.

As the U.S.’ largest generational cohort becomes the majority of the American workforce, architects and designers are working to answer a single question: What do millennials want?

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To Promote A Multigenerational Workforce, Landlords Focus On Human-Centric Office Design
Office landlords are implementing agile, activity-based design to support an evolving workforce.

The goal is to attract national tenants to the former Church Street Station so that it will again thrive as a retail and entertainment Mecca. Learn more:

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Developers Hope to Revitalize Retail in Downtown Orlando | GlobeSt
The goal is to attract national tenants to the former Church Street Station so that it will again thrive as a retail and entertainment Mecca.

Thinking about #investing in #CRE? Here's what you should know first...

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| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Investing in real estate can be a way to earn passive income and increase your wealth. While plenty of investors have success in residential real estate, others make a move to commercial real estate to gain even more money. As with any investment, co

Two years after the luxury market began to slow down, some New York City developers are finding the only way to get a pricey condominium sale done is to offer a compromise.

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Mounting Inventory And Skittish Buyers Pushing NYC Condo Developers To Cut Deals
Sellers have to capitulate to get deals done in the New York City luxury condo market right now.

Though the economic cycle has grown long in the tooth, favorable commercial real estate fundamentals continue to fuel investment activity among institutional players in search of scale and yield.

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U.S. Investment Activity Outperforms The First Half Of The Year, But A Slowdown Is Still Expected
U.S. deal volume increased 3.4% in the first half of 2018 to $194.9B, but JLL expects a 5% slowdown in transaction volume by year's end.

Are you watching for these #tech cities to bloom outside of #SiliconValley? You should be and here's why:

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  Silicon Valley has dominated the tech scene from the beginning but now, there are cities outside of Silicon that are fast becoming tech cities in their own right. These are cities with low costs of living, commercial space for a fraction of the co

Vacancy rates are at all time lows. Absorption rates are at their highest and the “industrial sector has outperformed all other property types with double-digit total returns”. Learn more:

http://qoo.ly/s7ksw

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
The obvious reason behind this surge in investor excitement about warehouses is the growth of e-commerce, but that’s not the only reason. Here are 4 not-so-obvious reasons why warehouses are hot investments right now.

Survey indicates brick and mortar retailers should adopt tech and small-store format to please shoppers...Learn more here:

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Our new survey indicates brick and mortar retailers should adopt tech and small-store format to please shoppers

The metro’s average multifamily rent went up 2.7 percent year-over-year through June, to $2,645, while housing affordability dropped to its lowest level since 2008. Learn more:

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Rent Growth Rebounds in San Francisco
The metro’s average multifamily rent went up 2.7 percent year-over-year through June, to $2,645, while housing affordability dropped to its lowest level since 2008.

Miami-Dade To Decide Its Transit Future: Rail, Finally, Or More Buses? What do you think?

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Miami-Dade To Decide Its Transit Future: Rail, Finally, Or More Buses?
This week, Miami-Dade county officials will move forward with a plan to improve transit — they're just not sure yet what transit that'll be.

As money continues to pour into major projects backing TODs across the country, 3 stats particularly point to the reasons why transit-oriented continues to be the talk of CRE:

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Last year, transit-oriented developments were all the talk. What many developers and investors found was that making these types of developments work with local government entities is not always easy – despite TOD being a win-win-win for cities

It might be surprise to you to learn that the #retail world does impact the #industrial market....learn more:

http://qoo.ly/s68pp

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Retail trends have had a huge impact on the industrial market for the last few years. Amazon shifted the entire e-commerce industry to lightning-fast shipping, which means that industrial centers and warehouses are being moved to closer-to-the-city l

While #senior housing has always been a profitable industry, it has really been able to stand on its own two feet recently as a viable and significant class of real estate:

http://qoo.ly/s64h7

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
While senior housing has always been a profitable industry, it has really been able to stand on its own two feet recently as a viable and significant class of real estate – with more and more outside investors jumping on board and adding senior

Is public #transit keeping up? Is there a push to the #suburbs? Find out here:

http://qoo.ly/s5jfj

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Fallout from the housing collapse a decade ago resulted in a surge in the renter population–outpacing homeownership for the first time in history. It also marked a return to cities where more walkability with access to public transportation off

Amazon promises to build a $5B second headquarters to host 50,000 high-paying tech employees with a median income of $100K in the city that offers the most alluring incentives — but once you take in a tech powerhouse like Amazon, the construction boom won't stop with HQ2.

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Building Boom: The Top 10 Construction-Friendly Amazon HQ2 Finalists
HQ2 finalists with stable infrastructure, business-friendly policies and a strong construction workforce will be well-equipped for the Amazon boom.

Corporations may be in a bigger-is-better era of mergers and acquisitions, but for the world’s largest hotel company, that also means figuring out how to create distinct personalities for each brand in its ballooned post-merger portfolio.

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Will All 30 Hotel Brands Survive Marriott's Post-Merger Positioning?
With 30 brands under its belt post-Starwood merger, Marriott now has to figure out how to maintain a distinct identity for each one.

Hotels, especially those in culinary-rich San Francisco, can no longer get away with offering restaurants as an afterthought. More here:

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Back Room Lounges No More: Hotels Are Pushing Unique Restaurants To Center Stage
Hotel restaurants are no longer an afterthought for Bay Area hotels.

There has been a lot of foreign and domestic attention being paid to student housing as a great investment. Here are 5 reasons why:

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When unemployment rates go up as high as they did during the recession, newly unemployed folks rush to enroll in higher education. Either to improve their marketability and skills for an increasingly educated job market or to have access to money whi

The Top 10 Construction-Friendly Amazon HQ2 Finalists. Take a look:

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Building Boom: The Top 10 Construction-Friendly Amazon HQ2 Finalists
HQ2 finalists with stable infrastructure, business-friendly policies and a strong construction workforce will be well-equipped for the Amazon boom.

What are the risks facing operators and financiers of seniors housing and care facilities? Find out here:

http://qoo.ly/r2rbd

A Discussion on Risk in the Seniors Housing Sector | National Real Estate Investor
What are the risks facing operators and financiers of seniors housing and care facilities?

Is public #transit keeping up? Is there a push to the #suburbs? Find out here:

http://qoo.ly/r2mhg

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Fallout from the housing collapse a decade ago resulted in a surge in the renter population–outpacing homeownership for the first time in history. It also marked a return to cities where more walkability with access to public transportation off

Self-driving cars. Digital Assistants. Chatbots. The future is now, and some of us are eager to embrace it. Learn more here:

http://qoo.ly/r2hpv

AI and Its Impact on Recruiters | SourceCon
Self-driving cars. Digital Assistants. Chatbots. The future is now, and some of us are eager to embrace it. Others, however, have a dystopian image of tomorrow, where artificial intelligence (AI) replaces workers and leaves us without purpose. I like

It has been said that it is only a matter of time before blockchain, the proprietary technology that supports cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, will begin to infiltrate industries all around the world.

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It has been said that it is only a matter of time before blockchain, the proprietary technology that supports cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, will begin to infiltrate industries all around the world. And, believe it or not, even historically tradit

Survey indicates brick and mortar retailers should adopt tech and small-store format to please shoppers...Learn more here:

http://qoo.ly/rzutd

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Our new survey indicates brick and mortar retailers should adopt tech and small-store format to please shoppers

Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (AR and AI) may still be far from standard in CRE, but it’s only a matter of time. Continue reading about it here:

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| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (AR and AI) may still be far from standard in CRE, but it’s only a matter of time. Change is happening now and could hit sooner than many of us believe, leaving some CRE pros behind and pushing othe

Vacancy rates are at all time lows. Absorption rates are at their highest and the “industrial sector has outperformed all other property types with double-digit total returns”. Learn more:

http://qoo.ly/rz7un

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
The obvious reason behind this surge in investor excitement about warehouses is the growth of e-commerce, but that’s not the only reason. Here are 4 not-so-obvious reasons why warehouses are hot investments right now.

Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (AR and AI) may still be far from standard in CRE, but it’s only a matter of time. Continue reading about it here:

http://qoo.ly/rz3td

| Coldwell Banker Commercial
Augmented Reality and Artificial Intelligence (AR and AI) may still be far from standard in CRE, but it’s only a matter of time. Change is happening now and could hit sooner than many of us believe, leaving some CRE pros behind and pushing othe

The metro’s average multifamily rent went up 2.7 percent year-over-year through June, to $2,645, while housing affordability dropped to its lowest level since 2008. Learn more:

http://qoo.ly/ryxti

Rent Growth Rebounds in San Francisco
The metro’s average multifamily rent went up 2.7 percent year-over-year through June, to $2,645, while housing affordability dropped to its lowest level since 2008.

Here are 5 trends in #sustainable development...

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The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is behind an initiative to promote sustainable development in every member state of the U.N. Its stated goals also include initiatives to significantly increase sustainable industrializa

The coworking trend has taken over the U.S., and Austin is no exception. Check out our round-up of some of the coolest coworking spaces in the Live Music Capital of the World.

http://qoo.ly/rycbc

Check Out 15 of Austin’s Top Coworking Spaces
The coworking trend has taken over the U.S., and Austin is no exception. Check out our round-up of some of the coolest coworking spaces in the Live Music Capital of the World.

Even as some retail businesses shutter their doors, other brands see expansion in their future in some of the spaces left vacant. Take a look:

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Planet Fitness Sees Opportunity In Retail Vacancies
Planet Fitness, the largest fitness chain, is eyeing empty retail space.

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Decorating with Books in Your Home | Coldwell Banker Blue Matter
Decorating with books is a fun way to incorporate your love of reading into your Philadelphia home. If you

8 Genius Ways to Organize Your Kitchen http://qoo

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8 Genius Ways to Organize Your Kitchen - Coldwell Banker Blue Matter
Clear out the clutter and tidy up your kitchen with tips from our friends at HomeAdvisor

How to make your move less stressful.

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How to Make Your Move Less Stressful - Coldwell Banker Blue Matter
Make your move less stressful by taking these steps to protect yourself and your belongings

Green your grilling for guilt-free backyard barbecues.

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Green Your Grilling for Guilt-Free Backyard Barbecues
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Do you have this common household product in your cleaning arsenal?

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Do You Have This Common Household Product in Your Cleaning Arsenal? - Coldwell Banker Blue Matter
This common household cleaning product is MAGIC. #scienceyo

Happy Labor Day from Peg

Happy Labor Day from Peg Pannell Smith Group! #HappyLaborDay