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Rudi Davis
16 Nov 2025

B+E has developed a new method to address the persistent data gap in net lease real estate transactions, according to Camille Renshaw, CEO and Co-Founder. In a recent interview, Renshaw described how their strategy is improving market visibility for institutional investors. “To be honest with you, we didn’t set out to collect that data. We ...

Rudi Davis
15 Nov 2025

A significant capital allocation mismatch is generating new opportunities in commercial real estate debt markets, according to Jimmy Zumot of Siguler Guff & Company. His analysis highlights a disconnect between where institutional capital is directed and where actual deal volume exists, a gap that experienced lenders are leveraging for higher returns. The numbers illustrate the ...

Rudi Davis
15 Nov 2025

The hotel industry’s most overlooked profit center may be vendor contract optimization, a strategy generating significant cost savings for properties willing to leverage collective buying power, according to Jennifer Barnwell, Senior Vice President of Asset Management at Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. Barnwell and her team identified this opportunity when Pebblebrook acquired LaSalle Hotel Properties, more than ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Nov 2025

In the commercial real estate sector, Vallist is taking new steps to address the persistent issue of vacant office space. In a recent interview, Alexander Passler, co-founder and CEO of the flexible workspace operator, discussed the company’s approach to solving occupancy problems for both landlords and large corporate tenants. Alexander Passler brings more than 30 ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Nov 2025

Hotel Operations Co., a Colombian boutique hotel developer and operator, is seeking to reshape how boutique hospitality functions in emerging tourism markets, according to General Manager Matias Maya Calad. In a recent interview, Maya Calad described the company’s approach to hotel development and operations, addressing persistent challenges in the boutique hotel sector. “We realized that ...

Steve Marcinuk
13 Nov 2025

The real estate market in Colombia’s tourism sector is undergoing a significant transition, creating distinct winners and losers, according to Matias Maya Calad, General Manager of Hotel Operations Co. In a recent interview, Maya Calad discussed emerging opportunities and effective strategies in Colombia’s changing hospitality real estate landscape. “We were seeing a big influx of ...

Rudi Davis
12 Nov 2025

The University of Florida’s significant presence in Gainesville shapes the local real estate market in ways that reach far beyond student housing, according to international real estate expert Trisha Roy. As one of only 68 Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) instructors worldwide, Roy contends that the “college town” identity both stabilizes and restricts Gainesville’s economic ...

Rudi Davis
12 Nov 2025

A new surge of social media-driven investment activity is inflating retail property values across the DMV region, creating conditions that could lead to a bubble similar to the multifamily investment rush, according to A. Paul Voutsas, President and Principal Broker at PVIM CRE. Real estate influencers are now promoting triple net lease retail investments to ...

Rudi Davis
12 Nov 2025

The restaurant leasing market in Arlington is facing a tough financial reality that is surprising many aspiring restaurateurs, according to A. Paul Voutsas, President and Principal Broker at PVIM CRE. In a recent interview, Voutsas discussed how rising capital requirements are transforming the local restaurant scene and challenging common assumptions about launching a food business. ...

Rudi Davis
12 Nov 2025

REItrades, an automated commercial real estate marketplace, is changing how real estate professionals handle institutional property transactions with its AI-powered platform. In a recent interview, Artur Muller, Founder and CEO of REItrades, discussed how this technology is being implemented across the commercial real estate sector for deals above $10 million. “We’re fully automated. AI powered ...

Rudi Davis
11 Nov 2025

In the competitive world of institutional commercial real estate, REItrades is introducing new solutions to address the longstanding challenge of brokerage dependency in large transactions. In a recent interview, Artur Muller, Founder and CEO of REItrades, discussed the company’s distinct approach to overcoming these industry obstacles. “From a seller standpoint, they basically had, they were ...

Steve Marcinuk
10 Nov 2025

The real estate market in Colombia’s tourism sector is undergoing a significant transition, creating distinct winners and losers, according to Matias Maya Calad, General Manager of Hotel Operations Co. In a recent interview, Maya Calad discussed emerging opportunities and effective strategies in Colombia’s changing hospitality real estate landscape. “We were seeing a big influx of ...

Steve Marcinuk
10 Nov 2025

Vallist, a premium flexible workspace operator, is changing how landlords approach office leasing through white-label partnerships and management agreements, according to co-founder and CEO Alexander Passler. In a recent interview, Passler discussed the company’s approach to flexible workspace operations and how it addresses challenges in the commercial real estate industry. “We consider ourselves like a ...

Chris Caggiano
05 Nov 2025

At first glance, small-bay industrial and self-storage centers look almost identical – low-rise boxes lined up along a highway, quietly collecting rent. But the similarities end there. The two sectors serve very different customers and are reacting in very different ways to today’s economy. Small-bay industrial centers, or “flex space,” cater mainly to tradespeople and ...

Steve Marcinuk
04 Nov 2025

The industrial real estate market in Phoenix is seeing a sharp rise in off-market transaction activity, with buyers outpacing sellers in what has become a clear buyer-driven environment, according to Alex Bluth, Vice President of Investments at Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate. In a recent interview, Bluth discussed the notable shift in market dynamics and ...