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FEBRUARY 22, 2020

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Finance & Investment

Alternative CRE Lenders Grab a Greater Share of the Market

Lenders across the board are still celebrating capping off a record-high year of mortgage originations in 2019 and have stayed busy the first two months of this year. Yet while that high tide is generally raising all boats, some capital sources are getting a bigger boost than others.

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Industrial

The U.S. Warehouse Sector Won’t Be Able to Escape the Impact from Coronavirus Outbreak

Coronavirus is cause for considerable concern in the industrial real estate sector, especially in port markets, says Gregg Healy, who leads the supply chain and logistics consulting for real estate services firm Colliers International out of its Southern California office . The ports of Los Angeles-Long Beach, Oakland, Seattle/Tacoma and Portland handle a massive amount of trade with China.

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Retail

Market by Macy’s Concept Could Benefit Retail REITs That Specialize in Lifestyle Centers

Department store giant Macy’s debuted its Market by Macy’s format at a lifestyle center in Southlake, Texas, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb earlier this month. The boutique-style store, measuring 20,000 sq. ft., features a curated, ever-evolving collection of merchandise, a beauty shop, a café and bar, and community-oriented events.

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Analysis

Retail

How Long Can Off-Price Retailers Continue to Outperform?

The U.S. off-price retail sector remains a bright spot in the turbulent retail environment plagued with bankruptcies and store closings.

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Finance & Investment

Which Regional Mall REITs Might Be the Next Takeover Targets?

In the wake of  Simon Property Group Inc.’s pending $3.6 billion purchase of an 80 percent stake in Taubman Centers Inc.’s operating subsidiary , all eyes are on Macerich Co. as the next potential takeover target among retail REITs.

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Commentary

Viewpoint

Forgotten Buildings Can Save San Francisco From the Housing Crisis

Hypothetically speaking, it's possible to find a rental unit that offers a short commute, an affordable monthly rent and high-quality living experience. But in San Francisco, the odds of a middle-income professional finding a home that checks all three boxes are slim to none. Over the past decade, the city’s vacancy rate has dropped from a respectable 6.97 percent to a shockingly low 2.66 percent in 2016, leaving would-be residents facing the rising prices of an increasingly constrained market.

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Property Management

Property Managers Have a Responsibility to Protect Their Tenants’ Data

Property management is  very much a people business in which personal connections are vital  to the interests of both tenant engagement and retention. Those personal connections have become a lot more meaningful in recent years due to the  growing availability of big data .

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Podcast

Finance & Investment

NREI's Common Area: Episode 28

In this episode of the Common Area podcast, David Bodamer discusses the recent mega-merger between Simon Property Group and Taubman Centers. David explores the early days of the retail mall industry, the past rivalry between the two firms and what circumstances finally brought these two firms together. 

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Digital Edition

Maximizing Deductions

Why you may want to do a cost segregation study on your property. Read this and other stories in the January/February 2020 issue of NREI.

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NREI Wire

In Nevada, a New Silver Rush Is Propelling the Economy

In Nevada’s Washoe County, a presidential battleground, the fastest-growing age group is 65 and older and the demand for Alzheimer’s services runs about three times greater than what’s available. Homebuilder PulteGroup’s Del Webb is putting up two 55-and-older gated communities near Las Vegas, in the state’s south, for the first time in a decade.

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