Investment
In late 2006 the hot housing market started to slow. This seemingly harmless drop in prices started a chain reaction causing foreclosures and toppling...
Bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. has been talked about for a while, but the push is finally beginning to get real momentum. Bolstered...
Boston Properties, the largest publicly traded owner, developer, and manager of Class A office space in the U.S., has long had a presence in Boston (where it was founded in 1970), New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco. These major cities have been the REIT’s focus, excluding a more recent entry into Los Angeles. As more Americans migrate to...
Many real estate companies are feeling the sting of a weakening market, leading to hiring freezes and mass layoffs. But one firm that seems...
Since it passed last month, the real estate industry has been overwhelmingly positive about the ambiguously named Inflation Reduction Act, or the IRA. The...
There seem to be completely opposite realities right now. No, I am not talking about the political divide, I am talking about the sentiment of buyers and sellers of commercial real estate. There has never been a bigger gap between buyers and sellers when it comes to the value of a property. Sellers see the economic situation and position their...
The most valuable part about the Empire State Building isn’t necessarily any of the 2.7 million square feet of office space. As valuable as...
Now that COVID-19 restrictions have eased, students restless from online classes are eager to jump back into the classroom full-time, and college administrators couldn’t...
The Houston-based real estate firm Hines has developed, redeveloped, or acquired more than 511 million square feet of space in its 65-year history, and it has another 198 projects totaling 103.4 million square feet in the pipeline. It’s one of the largest commercial real estate firms in the world, with a presence in 28 countries, but that’s not the takeaway...
Buried within the 730-page Inflation Reduction Act that Congress recently passed is a dizzying array of proposals that directly and indirectly impact the commercial...
Economic conditions in the first half of 2022 were rough. Amid continued high inflation, rising interest rates, and a slowing economy, the S&P fell...
The promises behind this vertical metropolis, pointedly called “The Line,” are just as glossy as the mirror coating that will envelop it. The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia was practically grinning when he announced the futuristic project last year. The Line is one of the main attractions of Neom City, the very first smart city in Saudi Arabia, a mega-project...
