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In response to the spontaneous arrival of COVID-19, many investors took the wait-and-see approach to understand the virus’s full effect on commercial real estate. We have seen the impact on different net lease tenants, distinguishing those that can survive a downturn. Among those include tenants such as supermarkets, drugstores, office, and pet supply stores. Those […]

Despite the current health crisis, the healthcare sector’s performance is strong. With the growing aging population, paired with the onset of COVID-19, the demand for safe and prudent healthcare services is at an all-time high. The delivery of healthcare services has been affected by travel restrictions and social distancing. As a result, practitioners have introduced […]

Cost segregation, or 179 Deduction, is a strategic planning tool that can assess an entity’s real property assets and identifies a portion of those costs that can treated as personal property. By identifying personal property to be segregated from the building, the studies can reassign costs that would depreciate over a 39-year period to asset […]

From the Matthews™ Net Lease Special Report, casual dining faced significant short and long-term challenges following COVID-19 disruption. The greatest question that arose was whether sit-down casual dining brands could reinvent their menu offerings and perception to attract a younger demographic’s fast-paced lifestyle. The youngest and technologically advanced generation, Gen Z, often place significant consideration […]

Dating back to the 1920s, drive-thrus have served as the top contender for distributing food to customers. Nine out of the top ten restaurants in The QSR 50 have drive-thrus, and drive-thru pickups make up for an average of 70 percent of annual quick-service restaurant sales.     With dine-in areas closing across the nation […]

The Launch of Opportunity Zones As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the opportunity zone provision is designed to encourage investment and economic growth in specific low-income communities, in turn offering federal tax incentives to the taxpayer who invests in a business located in one of these zones. The final regulations were released […]

Beneath the cloud of uncertainty presented by COVID-19, some retailers are thriving in the current environment. Dollar stores, the popular discount retailer segment, are expanding and at rapid rates in today’s environment. They have gained attention as success stories in the country’s most economically distressed places- mostly rural counties that have few retail options. The […]

A Recipe for Success A new era of restaurants was introduced as COVID-19 spread across the globe. Operators were met with sliding sales, shifts in operations, layoffs, closures, and more in the peak of the outbreak. In response, restaurants turned to takeout, delivery, and drive-thru order fulfillments. Tenants that were struggling before the pandemic, unable […]

How to Enhance Property Value The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the relationship between landlords and tenants, with the outcome poised to change the commercial real estate industry. Landlords and tenants have found themselves in uncharted waters as a pandemic clause does not come standard in most commercial lease agreements. As non-essential businesses closed, tenants began to […]