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RE Forecast: Cloudy with Some Sunshine May 15, 2017

RE Forecast: Cloudy with Some Sunshine

RE Forecast: Cloudy with Some Sunshine May 5, 2017 | by IvyLee Rosario | Commercial Property Executive Executives from Hines, AvalonBay and Trepp offered their outlook for the next three years as ULI unveiled the results of its Real Estate Consensus Forecast. ULI unveiled the results of its Real Estate Consensus Forecast at the 2017 Spring…
SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument May 15, 2017

SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument

SEC’s Piwowar Warns About ‘SAFE’ Crowdfunding Instrument SEC Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issues ‘SAFE’ alert the same day May 9, 2017 | by Melanie Waddell | ThinkAdvisor The Securities and Exchange Commission is monitoring a troubling trend arising out of its Regulation Crowdfunding – the use of a new startup-financing instrument, the so-called “SAFE,” in…
Millions of square feet of office, retail and homes planned for Allen project May 11, 2017

Millions of square feet of office, retail and homes planned for Allen project

Millions of square feet of office, retail and homes planned for Allen project May 11, 2017 | Steve Brown | Dallas News A new corporate and mixed-use campus on the way in Allen is being planned with almost a dozen office buildings to attract businesses. Houston-based developer Hines is building the high-density project on 135 acres…
A $420 million Merrill Lynch team joins LPL May 11, 2017

A $420 million Merrill Lynch team joins LPL

A $420 million Merrill Lynch team joins LPL May 9, 2017 | by InvestmentNews  A four-person team that managed $420 million in assets at Merrill Lynch in Melville, N.Y., has gone independent and affiliated with LPL Financial. The Choice Group Wealth Management, led by advisers Ira Katz, John Scala, Bryce Wilinski and Daniel McNicholas, will operate…
Is Downtown L.A. Embracing New Urbanism? May 11, 2017

Is Downtown L.A. Embracing New Urbanism?

Is Downtown L.A. Embracing New Urbanism? May 8, 2017 | by Michael Abergel | Commercial Property Executive As a construction boom transforms the city, California's capital of car culture is embracing the principles of density, walkability and verticality. Los Angeles is the second-largest U.S. city by population, yet for decades its downtown lacked the look and…
Originators Backing Off Retail, Hotel Lending; Making Up for it with Increased Industrial, Health Care, Multifamily Outlays May 11, 2017

Originators Backing Off Retail, Hotel Lending; Making Up for it with Increased Industrial, Health Care, Multifamily Outlays

Originators Backing Off Retail, Hotel Lending; Making Up for it with Increased Industrial, Health Care, Multifamily Outlays May 8, 2017 | by Mark Heschmeyer | CoStar First quarter 2017 commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased 9% compared to the same period last year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage…
Office Drives CMBS Late-Pays Higher In April May 9, 2017

Office Drives CMBS Late-Pays Higher In April

Office Drives CMBS Late-Pays Higher In April NEW YORK CITY—The largest new delinquency rate and the largest loan resolution for the month both occurred in the office sector, Fitch Ratings said Monday. May 8, 2017 | by PAUL BUBNY | GlobeSt.com NEW YORK CITY—A 44-basis point increase increase in office late-pays helped push US CMBS delinquencies higher…
Economy Watch: Top Rental Markets Still Seeing Price Increases May 9, 2017

Economy Watch: Top Rental Markets Still Seeing Price Increases

Economy Watch: Top Rental Markets Still Seeing Price Increases May 8, 2017 | by Dees Stribling | Commercial Property Executive Despite talks of a pricing slowdown, the most expensive rental markets in the U.S. saw price increases in April, according to Zumper's latest report. San Francisco and New York City remain the top two rental markets…

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