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The Current State of Shopping Centers Shopping center landlords are welcoming back customers after the pandemic to a new retail landscape. The latest focus to optimize the customer experience is modern technology, including ghost kitchens. The virtual-only restaurant concept is breathing new life into underused or vacant shopping center spaces. In 2019, the ghost kitchen […]

Multifamily Viewpoint: What do Rising Rates Mean for Owners?   Current Fundamentals in Multifamily For the most part, the multifamily market performed significantly better than other product types during COVID-19. Although coastal markets and smaller units saw a downturn in rent growth as demand shifted toward larger units in the Sunbelt and other secondary markets, […]

The Impact on Inflation According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index (CPI) increased 7.9 percent year-over-year in February 2022. U.S. inflation is running at a 40-year high, making it increasingly difficult for consumers to stretch their dollars. Supply chain issues are still running rampant, indicating that high levels of inflation […]

Building for the Future Shifting consumer habits and the ongoing dominance of e-commerce have forced traditional retailers to rethink their development strategies. At the onset of COVID-19, traditional malls, and centers heavy in soft goods retailers were hit the hardest. As lockdowns affected stores throughout the nation, the market saw a surge in online shopping […]

A Look at the Grocery-Anchored Retail Sector   Since the pandemic was introduced, grocery stores have gained popularity with people looking for cheaper alternatives to restaurants and overall healthier lifestyles. It was initially anticipated grocery store sales would fall off during the pandemic, and the sector would see an online shift to the grocery delivery […]

Click here for the most recent capital markets report.   A Review of Capital Markets Performance in Q2 As the U.S. economy enters Q3 in the quasi-post-COVID-19 era, equity capital is the strongest it has been in close to a decade. Due to the overvaluation of the stock market, investors are seeking safer return potential […]

  Interview With Duerk Brewer   Hi Duerk, we’d love to hear about how you approach risk and risk-taking My feelings about risk and overall risk tolerance have changed throughout my life as I gain experiences, particularly failures. You might think that taking risks and experiencing failure might make you risk-averse, but it has done […]

The CRE Sector Everyone is Betting On Industrial is the current darling of commercial real estate. But as the asset class grows in popularity, supply and demand become unbalanced. Tight market conditions, paired with rising land and construction costs, have hindered industrial development, especially in port cities. Across the U.S., industrial real estate is booming, […]

How is the Southeast Performing? The Southeast also boasts one of the strongest industrial supply pipelines in the country. Most Southeast multifamily markets are seeing robust recovery and historical highs in rent growth and historical lows in vacancy rates. Out-of-state investors, specifically from New York and California, are driving retail activity throughout the area and […]