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Navigating the Retail Financing Landscape: Peachtree Group’s CEO Weighs In
…Peachtree has recently expanded its investment strategy to other asset classes, transitioning from Peachtree Hotel Group to Peachtree Group.
Prologis Explains Why Today’s Supply Chains Require More Logistics Space
In today’s world, 57% more logistics real estate is required to support $1 billion in retail sales than a decade ago, a new analysis by Prologis has found. Ten years ago, 500,000 SF would have been sufficient to do the job. Today, 800,000 SF is needed. “Today, these supply chains amount to 1.2 billion SF and support $1.4 trillion in retail sales (on 2022 dollars basis),” Prologis reported. This has happened despite automation and data analytics advancements, to create what it calls “the supply chain productivity paradox….”
Why Real Estate Investors Like the Self-Storage Industry
There are many reasons why the self-storage sector attracts real estate investors. For one, it is recession-resistant with predictable revenue. Also, customers for self-storage units are typically paying a relatively low rent, as opposed to single-tenant real estate such as retail or office buildings where occupants are on the hook for a bigger check each month which can carry more risk…
Prologis Looks at Four Global Trends Impacting Logistics
Logistics giant Prologis has been looking at the forces affecting logistics real estate and points to four areas that will have the biggest impact. First is a fall in volatility “because of the multiplier effect on demand and structural discipline in supply.” One is a “multiplier effect on demand.” More economic activity is now tied up in logistics. Each unit of growth now needs 20% more additional logistics then before the pandemic.
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Blue Vault Announces the Release of Phase IV of the Database
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U.S. Mortgage Default Risk Index Falls 9.1% Over Last 12 Months
A mortgage default risk index that uses internet search queries such as “foreclosure help” and “mortgage help” that was developed by Chauvet, Gabriel and Lutz in 2016 and is called the “MDRI” has decreased 9.1% over the last 12 months according to the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate.
NAREIT’s Calvin Schnure Comments on REIT Market Reaction to Rate Hikes
NAREIT Economist Calvin Schnure describes how he expects traded REITs to respond when and if the FOMC raises the target for short-term interest rates by 25 bps at its meeting on March 20-21, to a range between 1.50 percent and 1.75 percent.
Growth in Retail Spending Positive for Commercial Real Estate Outlook
Marcus & Millichap, in a March 19 Research Brief, report that core retail sales growth has been increasing across many categories, extending past the holiday season as rising discretionary income has strengthened retail spending.
In CRE Development, Texas Moves to Number One in 2017
According to a report in the Dallas News, last year Texas was the number one state for commercial real estate development contributions to the economy.
Blue Vault is pleased to announce the release of new Interval Fund individual performance pages
March 20, 2018 Blue Vault is pleased to announce the release of new Interval Fund individual performance pages… New Interval Fund individual pages have been updated, per the funds’ most recent filings, and are now posted to the Blue Vault website for...










