New York State’s scaffold law imposes a strict liability standard for gravity-related worker injuries, making property owners responsible regardless of fault. For small-scale multifamily developers, this law results in significantly higher insurance premiums that serve as a hidden regulatory tax, one that cannot be avoided through safer practices or better management. Insurance Premiums: A Hidden ...
In Miami’s luxury pre-construction market, buyers are paying a clear premium for developments branded by well-known hospitality companies. At the same time, equally reputable non-branded projects often struggle to attract attention, even when they offer better value. This two-tier pricing structure is driven by brand psychology rather than hard differences in quality or investment fundamentals. ...
Secondary markets across the country are changing their approach to industrial development: they are building warehouse and distribution space on a speculative basis, or risk being dismissed by companies before site visits occur. Ted Branson, SIOR Industrial Division Director at Landmark Commercial Real Estate in Wichita, says the old mode, waiting for tenant demand before ...
Wichita’s status as a global center for aerospace manufacturing is more than a slogan. Decades of investment by companies such as Boeing and Textron, along with their predecessors, have created a business environment that now attracts a diverse range of industrial and logistics operations, according to Ted Branson, SIOR, Industrial Division Director at Landmark Commercial ...
Outdated lending rules are sidelining Miami condo buyers, as federal standards treat building improvements as “deferred maintenance,” forcing many to put down 25% even in buildings that have passed all required inspections. Miami’s condo market is experiencing a financing logjam unrelated to structural safety or reserve funding. Instead, the problem stems from how Fannie Mae’s ...
As artificial intelligence and web scraping tools become more accessible, many assume that large technology companies with advanced AI capabilities will dominate the structuring of real estate data. Daniel Heller, CEO and co-founder of ReZone (recently acquired by Shovels AI), disagrees. She argues that the absolute advantage in real estate data lies not in computational ...
Sports facilities can reshape urban neighborhoods in ways that conventional development rarely achieves, according to Kevin Kelley, shareholder at Greenberg Traurig and veteran advisor on sports facility deals since the launch of Coors Field for the Colorado Rockies in the 1990s. Yet the long-term impact of these projects is often difficult for communities to grasp ...
Recent changes in Manhattan’s political and tax environment are fueling a visible exodus of wealthy individuals from New York City, with many relocating to northern New Jersey and other lower-tax states. According to Christian Di Stasio at Christian Di Stasio Group, a broker associate specializing in luxury transactions up to $15 million, this migration is ...
Falling mortgage rates are driving renewed activity in northern New Jersey’s real estate market, not only among homeowners seeking lower payments but also among investors reallocating funds from equities into property as rates stabilize. A Shift from Constraint to Catalyst After a period of high mortgage rates that slowed transaction volume and dampened confidence, the ...
Montreal’s residential market recorded 8.7% year-over-year price growth, even as Toronto and Vancouver posted declines. At first glance, this suggests broad strength across Canada’s second-largest city. But Joëlle Bitar, a broker whose team manages nearly 100 active listings across Montreal and its suburbs, says that headline figure masks a sharp divide across property types. Bitar ...
Florida’s housing market is showing a clear divide: condos are struggling with high inventory and falling prices, while single-family homes are holding or gaining value. Taylor Johnson, a sales associate with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty in St. Augustine, sees this split play out daily. “Our condo market is hurting. We have very high ...
South Florida’s residential market has shifted into a buyer’s market, but many sellers have yet to adjust their pricing expectations. Fiona Barone, a REALTOR® with eXp Realty who closed 98 units in the region in 2025, says sellers are still anchored to valuations set during the pandemic’s peak, resulting in longer listing times and stagnant ...
New financing rules and soaring insurance costs are contributing to a steep downturn in South Florida’s resale condominium market, representing a departure from typical cycles and contributing to a valuation crisis that cuts across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. South Florida’s condominium market has seen a 27 percent drop in valuations, according to Fiona ...
Surging demand for data centers has created a new opportunity for industrial developers with access to what the market calls powered land — sites with large, immediately accessible electrical capacity that data center operators can’t easily find elsewhere. David Ebrahimzadeh, President and Founder of Corniche Capital, says the most attractive strategy isn’t to build and ...
Ryan Homes’ entry into Wayne County, Ohio, marked the first time a national builder had launched a large-scale development in the area. Over 21 months, the community sold 91 lots and quickly moved into a second phase, with 17 additional lots already sold. Despite the rapid sales, the influx of new homes has not eased ...
