Since the start of the year, REITs have generated a 149% total return to investors, according to NAREIT, beating the Russell 1000 stock index by 46 percentage points That's a reversal from last year, when the index's 174% return beat REIT returns by...
On Tuesday, the June Consumer Price Index showed that inflation cooled more than expected, with the annual rate falling to 35% from 42% in May Later that morning, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh welcomed the encouraging data but stressed that...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Owners of 36% of the apartment units in Austin, Texas, are offering concessions to lure tenants to their properties And those conessions amounted to 155% of annualized unit rent in May, according to...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report Philadelphia’s 1818 Market St office building, with 999,828 square feet, has had its appraised value reduced once again, to $158 million The 54-year-old building, which was purchased by Shorenstein...
Puget Sound Business Journal CWCapital Asset Management has hired Colliers to market for sale the 410,000-square-foot Fourth & Blanchard office property at 2101 Fourth Ave in Seattle The building is expected to sell for $29 million CWCapital is...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The volume of CMBS loans in special servicing increased last month by 172% to $6676 billion, which amounts to 112% of the $59584 billion universe tracked by Trepp Inc That’s up from 1086% in May But...
Philadelphia Inquirer The proposed sale of the 176 million-square-foot office building at 1500 Market St in downtown, or Center City Philadelphia, evidently has fallen apart The 37-story building, commonly referred to as Centre Square, backs a $368...
Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff Report The 278 million-square-foot Aon Center office property in Chicago has been re-appraised at a value of $195 million It marks the third time the 83-story building – the third tallest in the city after...
The weighted average capitalization rate for net-leased properties edged higher in the second quarter, reversing the previous period's first decline in 15 consecutive quarters, according to the Boulder...
A significant slug of securitized mortgages backed by hotels in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan statistical area could face refinancing challenges, as 39 loans with a total balance of $68558 million have debt yields less than 9%, according to data...
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