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Pad Sites Are Hot Currency These Days

3 days ago | icsc.com | Joe Gose

Amid tight space conditions and muted construction throughout much of the country, high demand for pad sites is delivering greater financial flexibility for shopping center developers and investors. Traditional pad site users are fueling the lion’s share of that demand. First and foremost are expansion-minded food-and-beverage brands, from fast food and boutique drive-thru coffee concepts to full-service dining operators, observers say.
How to “De-Mall” a Mall

2 weeks ago | icsc.com | Joe Gose

A decade ago, real estate developer Kushner Cos. began envisioning how it might redevelop the 1.6-million square foot Monmouth Mall, a 1960s-era shopping center in Eatontown, New Jersey, that it had owned since 2002. Like many of its enclosed brethren across the U.S., the property was losing relevance amid changing shopper tastes despite being surrounded by affluent enclaves like Rumson, Colts Neck and Shrewsbury. Today, Kushner Cos.
Is M&A Activity Back in Commercial Real Estate?

3 weeks ago | commercialsearch.com | Joe Gose

By Joe Gose April 3, 2025 InvestmentFeaturedNationalNews A handful of transactions suggest a new dealmaking cycle, but questions remain. James Park of CBRE Investment Banking believes we’re going to see more deals soon, but not necessarily different from previous cycles. Image courtesy of CBRE After roughly four years of hibernation, CRE mergers and acquisitions are once again awakening. Among others, so far this year, Blackstone completed its $4 billion acquisition of Retail Opportunity...
CRE Lenders Banking on Deal Momentum

3 weeks ago | commercialsearch.com | Joe Gose

By Joe Gose April 2, 2025 Digital EditionFinanceInvestment The pickup in transactions in late 2024 is fueling optimism in 2025. Image by AlonzoDesign/iStockphoto.com If the sentiment of commercial real estate lenders is any indication, 2025 should be a year of improving investment sales and refinancing opportunities. Banks, insurance companies, CMBS underwriters and a cadre of private credit funds are all competing (and sometimes partnering) to take advantage of a transaction market that...
Signs of an Office Market Bottom: ‘The Worst Is Probably Over’

1 month ago | rethinking65.com | Joe Gose

For office landlords, a bad dream that began in March 2020 seems to finally be nearing an end — but only if you’re in well-located, high-end properties in major U.S. markets. Sales of office buildings across the country totaled $64.3 billion last year, up nearly 21% from 2023, according to MSCI Real Assets, a provider of commercial property research.
'The worst is probably over'

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Joe Gose

For office landlords, a bad dream that began in March 2020 seems to finally be nearing an end – but only if you’re in well-located, high-end properties in major U.S. markets. Sales of office buildings across the country totaled $64.3 billion last year, up nearly 21% from 2023, according to MSCI Real Assets, a provider of commercial property research.
Office Market Poised to Rebound as Work From Home Policies End

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Joe Gose

Sales of office buildings jumped 20 percent last year, and leasing activity is up, too. Companies are looking for more space as work-from-home policies peter out. For office landlords, a bad dream that began in March 2020 seems to finally be nearing an end - but only if you're in well-located, high-end properties in major U.S. markets.
Why Student Housing Scores High Marks

1 month ago | multihousingnews.com | Joe Gose

The 12-story VERVE Charlottesville marks Subtext’s largest undertaking to date and will be the first meaningful addition to the University of Virginia’s student housing market in five years. Kayne Anderson Real Estate is Subtext’s partner on the project. Image courtesy of ESG Architecture & DesignAfter negotiating elevated supply a decade ago and combined with the disruption of the pandemic lockdowns, student housing investors are as bullish as they’ve ever been on the sector’s prospects.
CoreRivet Uses Coresight Research to Help NextRivet Put Tech in Place for Retailers and Landlords

2 months ago | icsc.com | Joe Gose

Coresight Research and NextRivet spent a year testing out a scenario: How could a blend of their expertise help retailers and shopping center and mixed-use landlords grow sales, make operations more efficient and increase customer engagement? This month, the research consultancy and the proptech consultancy launched CoreRivet to combine Coresight’s research and NextRivet’s implementation in an end-to-end solution for clients, said NextRivet co-founder David Blumenfeld.
What Happens to Third-Party Management Portfolios When Property Trades Speed Up

2 months ago | icsc.com | Joe Gose

Third-party property managers are aware from the day they’re hired that the assignment could end abruptly upon the sale of a property or portfolio. It’s a part of doing business in that world, and in 2025, retail property managers may be competing to keep or pick up a lot of business. As CBRE noted in its U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook 2025, retail real estate’s strong fundamentals should fuel robust transaction activity and hasten the return of institutional capital to the sector.