Industry veteran argues independent brokers are being sidelined at public companies in favor of predictable revenue streams The commercial real estate industry is witnessing a fundamental shift in brokerage models, with major firms increasingly prioritizing corporate services over traditional broker-led business, according to Eric Paulsen, Chief Operating Officer of Kidder Mathews. The Broker-Corporate Divide “Our ...
Josh Luchs, Executive Vice President at Kidder Mathews, argues that his unconventional path from NFL player representation to commercial real estate has given him unique insights into closing complex property deals. The Art of Managing Expectations “Managing people’s expectations throughout a process with apartment owners as the market shifts is much like working with an ...
Industry veteran highlights how outdated paper documentation puts building safety at risk, advocating for mobile-first emergency response systems. The difference between minor incident and major disaster often comes down to response time, according to facility management expert David Trask. Yet many buildings still rely on paper documentation scattered across multiple locations, creating dangerous delays during ...
Facility management veteran argues that fears of AI displacing skilled trades are misplaced, pointing to critical hands-on work that technology cannot replicate. David Trask, Host of Facility Voices and industry expert with over 13 years of experience, has a clear message about artificial intelligence in building maintenance: AI may be advancing rapidly, but it cannot ...
Major institutional investors are increasingly targeting Southeast agricultural properties, driven by growing concerns over food security and the region’s abundant natural resources, according to a leading land advisor. “On the institutional side, a lot of the investment is going towards quality soil and groundwater,” says Bryant Peace, Senior Advisor at Saunders Real Estate. “Food security ...
Chicago’s real estate market is experiencing an unexpected renaissance led by local investors, while international capital remains notably absent, according to a leading market expert. “There’s a lot of local capital that’s willing to take risk in Chicago. There’s almost zero international capital, and we’re in that gray area for non-Chicago based domestic capital,” says ...
Rural landowners often misunderstand the complex reality of development timelines and processes, potentially leading to unrealistic expectations about property values and sales, according to a senior land advisor working across the Southeast. “I think there’s a misconception on all that goes into that,” says Bryant Peace, Senior Advisor at Saunders Real Estate. “It takes the ...
The construction technology landscape in Latin America is evolving beyond simple procurement tools toward comprehensive platforms that connect all aspects of the building supply chain, according to one industry leader. “Our vision is to start, we’ve already built a bridge between supply and demand. Now what we’re going to do is build more and more ...
Despite political rhetoric and tariff threats, a new wave of manufacturing nearshoring to Mexico appears inevitable, according to one industry leader closely watching cross-border industrial development. “It’s absolutely impossible that the US can produce everything that they can consume within the US,” argues Fernando Olloqui, CEO of construction technology platform Licify. “With heavy tariffs in ...
A federal property in Laguna Niguel, California received zero bids at auction due to historic preservation requirements, highlighting the complex challenges facing federal property disposal efforts, according to Public Buildings Reform Board Executive Director Paul Walden. “The first time GSA tried to auction it, they got zero bids because of that historic preservation covenant,” Walden ...
Small businesses are facing an unprecedented convergence of cost pressures that’s “choking out” operators and reshaping the industrial real estate landscape, according to one Denver-based industrial property expert. “It’s hard to be a small business right now, with taxes going so high, insurance going through the roof, tariffs, all of these unknowns are just choking ...
Sterling Heights’ city planning chief says data shows massive parking overbuilding, opening door for retail and residential conversion Jake Parcell, City Planner and Development Manager for Sterling Heights, Michigan, has uncovered a striking inefficiency in commercial real estate: many parking lots have up to 600 more spaces than they actually need, representing a major opportunity ...
A significant repricing of California commercial real estate assets is creating unprecedented opportunities, but with important caveats, according to Daria Walker, Principal of Walker Realty Capital, who warns that timing and capital position will be crucial for success. The Market Shift “Properties are, honestly, a lot cheaper than they were,” Walker says, pointing to a ...
The suburban office market may emerge as an unexpected winner from the post-pandemic workplace evolution, according to a veteran commercial real estate finance executive who sees strong demand for quality space outside urban cores. “Suburban office market, I think, in the long term, will have benefited in a weird way from COVID,” says Abraham Bergman, ...
A contrarian voice is challenging the notion that real estate development requires big risks to yield big returns. Alec McElhinny, founder and CEO of Land Play, argues that his actuarial background has revealed a counterintuitive truth: careful risk mitigation may be the key to surviving today’s challenging market conditions. “I’m actually not a very big ...
