Rightly or Wrongly, ESG Driving Many Corporate Real Estate Decisions Worldwide According to a new global survey from CBRE, companies are favoring environmental, social and corporate-governance (ESG) factors more heavily in their decisions on which buildings to lease or buy, with many prioritizing green-building certifications and features that reduce energy consumption or generate renewable energy. […]
Two CRE Signals to Watch This Year With uncertainty and market readjustments being some clear watchwords for 2023, knowing how and where to pivot becomes both necessary and challenging. A recent Hines report noted that investors, owners, and operators can’t completely rely on what happened in the past because every cycle has its own quirks. “Recognizing what […]
Companies still have way too much office space, and they can’t sell it A few things we know about corporate real estate: it’s a focus of cost-cutting for companies, but it’s also probably the last asset you want to sell now in a soft market. How soft? According to Elizabeth Ptacek, senior director of market analytics at […]
US Markets Continue Their Price Discovery Journey Colliers sees the global real estate market “taking hold” by mid-2023. Inflation and higher interest rates are among the factors that will continue to weigh on investor decision making in 2023 as the US market continues a journey of price discovery, according to the latest Colliers Global Investor […]
Capital Timing Helps Construction Overcome Rising Interest Rates Construction starts underway with capital arranged at rates lower than today. Promising data reported recently by the Dodge Construction Network suggested optimism despite the headwinds of higher interest rates, construction costs and inflation. Industry analysts, however, suggest those numbers are more a result of savvy financing and loans […]
Permanent Shift from Goods to Services for Retailers ‘On the Table’ Moody’s Analytics report sees a definite trend that way since pandemic. A more permanent shift from goods to services is “on the table,” according to a new report from Moody’s Analytics. Private services spending growth has outpaced goods spending in every quarter since COVID […]