SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Top Stories

Real Estate Services

Catching Up with CBRE’s New Chief Diversity Officer

By David Bodamer, Editorial Director

Tim Dismond stepped into the new executive-level role in late June with a mandate to drive the brokerage giant’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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Industrial

Amazon, Big-Box Chains, 3PLs Among the Most Rapidly Expanding Industrial Tenants

By Patricia Kirk, Contributing Writer

Online sales shot up during the COVID-19 quarantine, causing many companies to rethink their logistics strategies. As a result, a number of e-commerce players are aggressively expanding their physical footprints to improve their fulfillment and delivery capabilities.

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Finance & Investment

Are Private Equity Investors Ready to Step Off the Sidelines?

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

Despite holding record levels of dry powder, private equity real estate fund managers are hoping to see investors move off the sidelines so they can recapture fundraising momentum.

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Analysis

Alternative Properties

Campus Outbreaks Have Muddied the Picture for Student Housing

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Operators are experiencing big variances in occupancy rates for the fall semester.

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Finance & Investment

PREA Consensus Survey Predicts a Dismal Year in NCREIF Returns

By NREI Staff

The retail property index is expected to drop 11.4 percent and not return to positive territory until 2022.

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Alternative Properties

Airbnb’s Quick Pivot to Rural and Suburban Rentals Helping It Proceed with its IPO

By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer

The vacation rental site’s flexibility when it comes to its property portfolio helped it rebound much quicker than traditional hotels.

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Commentary

Multifamily

Why Resident Services Should Be Maintained Amid a Crisis

Aisha Nyandoro and Michelle Whetten

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and owners and residents of affordable housing await additional federal support to help weather the storm, the difficulties of our current moment are impossible to ignore. The field of resident services exists to navigate the space between resident needs and what developers and property managers require in order to operate successful properties.

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Crowdfunding

Building a Broader Network of Investors

By Adam Gower, Ph.D., Contributing Columnist

It is now possible to quantify and qualify a target audience more finely than ever before.

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NREI Wire

TPG Exploring a Sale of Mobile-Home Firm Strive Communities

Bloomberg

Private equity firm TPG is exploring the sale of Strive Communities, an operator of mobile-home parks that could fetch $750 million or more, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Nine Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

The prospect of a coronavirus relief package deal is getting worse by the day, reports Politico. San Francisco will allow indoor hair and nail salons, gyms and hotels to open on Monday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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