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The landscape of hotel buyers in 2025 defies conventional wisdom, with well-capitalized local operators competing alongside institutional players for select opportunities, according to a leading Florida hospitality broker. “Across the board, a lot of people are well capitalized. I mean, our private Mom and Pop… Some people have been waiting for this moment for a ...
Major San Francisco office properties are trading at dramatic discounts to replacement cost, creating what one local expert calls an unprecedented opportunity for investors with ready capital, particularly those with intimate market knowledge. “You’re talking about big office projects trading from 200 to 300 to $400 a foot, well below replacement cost,” says Cameron Baird, ...
Real estate veteran Cameron Gunter says the industry’s next evolution requires rethinking how deals are structured and packaged for institutional investors, marking a fundamental shift from opportunistic development to scalable investment products. “We need to be more product-driven, right as an investment firm versus development firm. It really needs to be investment driven,” says Gunter, ...
While many investors remained skeptical of San Francisco’s recovery prospects throughout 2024, one multifamily investment firm was already positioning itself to capitalize on the market’s rebound, a contrarian bet that appears to be paying off. “I know everyone is talking about the Bay Area recovery right now, but I think what is a little different ...
Downtown San Francisco restaurant sales are approaching pre-pandemic levels and major real estate deals are closing again, marking what local experts say is a decisive turn in the market’s recovery, despite persistent negative media narratives about the city’s decline. “For a long time, actually, the biggest problem that San Francisco had is we had a ...
Mizuho director predicts surge in enterprise-specific AI implementations will reshape data center market. The next major driver of data center demand won’t come from generic AI models like ChatGPT, but from companies building their own private artificial intelligence systems, according to Vikram Malhotra, Managing Director and Co-Head of Mizuho Americas. “I would imagine a Walmart, ...
Amid growing market uncertainty, private lending expert Philip Bennett argues that experience in evaluating distressed commercial real estate assets has become more crucial than ever, particularly as market conditions create both opportunities and pitfalls. The Value of Veteran Perspective “The key is distinguishing between temporarily distressed assets and fundamentally flawed investments. That’s where experience becomes ...
Commercial real estate has an expensive data problem, according to DealGround CEO Dan Mosher, who argues that billions in efficiency gains are being left on the table due to outdated document management practices. The Hidden Cost of Document Management “The problem is that all this data exists in PDFs and documents that are not structured ...
After two years of volatility, a more stable interest rate environment is helping drive increased transaction activity in retail real estate, according to a senior capital markets expert. “From year to date, we’ve seen a steady decline in interest rate and since we’ll call it January, February, March timeframe, interest rates have been at the ...
Industry expert Keith Cubba, Senior Vice President and National Director of Golf at Colliers International, argues that investors are significantly overestimating the risk in today’s golf course market, creating potential opportunities for informed buyers. The Risk-Return Disconnect “The risk in golf course assets has come down,” Cubba says, pointing to a dramatic compression in risk ...
The proliferation of short-term rentals in New Orleans has created a significant disruption in the city’s hospitality market, according to Len Wormser, Senior Vice President at HREC Investment Advisors, who says upcoming regulatory changes could reshape the competitive landscape. The Scale of Impact “The city has over 8,000 short-term rental units now, that’s a third ...
Despite facing competition from well-funded institutional investors, local Texas cash buyers are finding success by emphasizing personal relationships and market knowledge, according to Lisa Martinez, Founder of TX Cash Home Buyers. “Sometimes we do lose out. But then there are some sellers that rather work with a smaller company, kind of more personal, versus just ...
Construction industry stakeholders may need to rethink their reliance on traditional market indicators, according to a leading economist who suggests these metrics may be losing their predictive power in today’s volatile market environment. Ken Simonson, Chief Economist at Associated General Contractors of America, argues that rapid policy changes and market uncertainty are undermining the reliability ...
Amid soaring coastal real estate prices, investors from across the country and internationally are discovering exceptional value in Detroit’s historic housing stock, according to a veteran local broker who argues these properties offer unique advantages often overlooked by locals themselves. “These houses were built by the auto barons who used excellent, excellent materials to make ...
A new breed of mid-sized real estate operators is emerging, combining institutional-grade expertise with the agility to pursue opportunities across specialty housing sectors, according to one industry leader. “I just joined them in April, which was really exciting. I got to join their executive leadership, and I came from a much larger institutional owner operator,” ...
