Facility management veteran argues that fears of AI displacing skilled trades are misplaced, pointing to critical hands-on work that technology cannot replicate. David Trask, Host of Facility Voices and industry expert with over 13 years of experience, has a clear message about artificial intelligence in building maintenance: AI may be advancing rapidly, but it cannot ...
Major institutional investors are increasingly targeting Southeast agricultural properties, driven by growing concerns over food security and the region’s abundant natural resources, according to a leading land advisor. “On the institutional side, a lot of the investment is going towards quality soil and groundwater,” says Bryant Peace, Senior Advisor at Saunders Real Estate. “Food security ...
Chicago’s real estate market is experiencing an unexpected renaissance led by local investors, while international capital remains notably absent, according to a leading market expert. “There’s a lot of local capital that’s willing to take risk in Chicago. There’s almost zero international capital, and we’re in that gray area for non-Chicago based domestic capital,” says ...
Rural landowners often misunderstand the complex reality of development timelines and processes, potentially leading to unrealistic expectations about property values and sales, according to a senior land advisor working across the Southeast. “I think there’s a misconception on all that goes into that,” says Bryant Peace, Senior Advisor at Saunders Real Estate. “It takes the ...
The construction technology landscape in Latin America is evolving beyond simple procurement tools toward comprehensive platforms that connect all aspects of the building supply chain, according to one industry leader. “Our vision is to start, we’ve already built a bridge between supply and demand. Now what we’re going to do is build more and more ...
Despite political rhetoric and tariff threats, a new wave of manufacturing nearshoring to Mexico appears inevitable, according to one industry leader closely watching cross-border industrial development. “It’s absolutely impossible that the US can produce everything that they can consume within the US,” argues Fernando Olloqui, CEO of construction technology platform Licify. “With heavy tariffs in ...
A federal property in Laguna Niguel, California received zero bids at auction due to historic preservation requirements, highlighting the complex challenges facing federal property disposal efforts, according to Public Buildings Reform Board Executive Director Paul Walden. “The first time GSA tried to auction it, they got zero bids because of that historic preservation covenant,” Walden ...
Small businesses are facing an unprecedented convergence of cost pressures that’s “choking out” operators and reshaping the industrial real estate landscape, according to one Denver-based industrial property expert. “It’s hard to be a small business right now, with taxes going so high, insurance going through the roof, tariffs, all of these unknowns are just choking ...
Sterling Heights’ city planning chief says data shows massive parking overbuilding, opening door for retail and residential conversion Jake Parcell, City Planner and Development Manager for Sterling Heights, Michigan, has uncovered a striking inefficiency in commercial real estate: many parking lots have up to 600 more spaces than they actually need, representing a major opportunity ...
A significant repricing of California commercial real estate assets is creating unprecedented opportunities, but with important caveats, according to Daria Walker, Principal of Walker Realty Capital, who warns that timing and capital position will be crucial for success. The Market Shift “Properties are, honestly, a lot cheaper than they were,” Walker says, pointing to a ...
The suburban office market may emerge as an unexpected winner from the post-pandemic workplace evolution, according to a veteran commercial real estate finance executive who sees strong demand for quality space outside urban cores. “Suburban office market, I think, in the long term, will have benefited in a weird way from COVID,” says Abraham Bergman, ...
A contrarian voice is challenging the notion that real estate development requires big risks to yield big returns. Alec McElhinny, founder and CEO of Land Play, argues that his actuarial background has revealed a counterintuitive truth: careful risk mitigation may be the key to surviving today’s challenging market conditions. “I’m actually not a very big ...
The era of static deal documents constantly being revised and re-sent may finally be ending, according to one PropTech leader who argues that live, dynamic presentations are becoming essential for modern deal-making. “You’ll have PDFs labeled ‘deal version 77 final, final, I promise this is really the final,’” says Avi Solomon, CEO of presentation platform ...
Marketing leader explains why national approaches fail in real estate’s hyper-local digital landscape . The assumption that digital house-hunting behavior is consistent across markets has led many real estate developers astray, according to Alyssa Soto, Co-Founder of development marketing firm Powered by DMT, who points to dramatic differences between New York and Florida buying patterns. ...
A Denver-based industrial real estate expert says the compound effect of social media content is revolutionizing how the industry connects with clients, creating new opportunities for those willing to embrace digital marketing strategies. “The interesting thing about posting content online, it’s like compound interest,” says Aviva Sonenreich, who has built a following of over one ...
