Catching the Digital Wave

Reading Time: 4 minutesCommercial real estate finance needs to standardize in the wake of the pandemic

An emerging divide is appearing in retail

Reading Time: 3 minutesBrick-and-mortar retail is under siege from e-commerce — an ongoing trend over the past few years that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. E-commerce as a share of all U.S. retail sales is now at 14%, up 300 basis points from its level at the end of 2019.  The transition to e-commerce dates to […]

International Investments: Israel

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen looking at the top foreign-investment sources into U.S. commercial real estate, Israel’s outbound capital pipeline was among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Real Capital Analytics (RCA), investors from the small Middle Eastern nation placed only $881.9 million into U.S. properties in 2020, down 62% year over year. Of the top […]

Accurate office values are tough to come by

Reading Time: 3 minutesAt this time last year, it was extremely difficult to establish the market value of any commercial property, including industrial and multifamily assets that have subsequently weathered the COVID-19 health crisis quite well. Today, according to appraisal experts, most asset types can be accurately valued. But there is an exception — office buildings. Office assets […]

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