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Rudi Davis
10 Sep 2025

After two years of volatility, a more stable interest rate environment is helping drive increased transaction activity in retail real estate, according to a senior capital markets expert. “From year to date, we’ve seen a steady decline in interest rate and since we’ll call it January, February, March timeframe, interest rates have been at the ...

Rudi Davis
10 Sep 2025

Industry expert Keith Cubba, Senior Vice President and National Director of Golf at Colliers International, argues that investors are significantly overestimating the risk in today’s golf course market, creating potential opportunities for informed buyers. The Risk-Return Disconnect “The risk in golf course assets has come down,” Cubba says, pointing to a dramatic compression in risk ...

Rudi Davis
09 Sep 2025

The luxury real estate market is undergoing a fundamental shift away from traditional mass marketing approaches toward more personalized, relationship-driven services, according to a leading industry expert. “Luxury clients in our area, they’re not just going out there looking to be marketed to with mass media ads. They are wanting to build relationships. They’re looking ...

Rudi Davis
09 Sep 2025

The rush to automate commercial real estate lending decisions could lead to significant market inefficiencies, according to Philip Bennett, President of Bennett Capital Partners Mortgage Brokers, who warns that over-reliance on technology risks missing crucial deal nuances that only human expertise can evaluate. The Automation Paradox “In commercial real estate lending, there’s no substitute for ...

Rudi Davis
09 Sep 2025

The proliferation of short-term rentals in New Orleans has created a significant disruption in the city’s hospitality market, according to Len Wormser, Senior Vice President at HREC Investment Advisors, who says upcoming regulatory changes could reshape the competitive landscape. The Scale of Impact “The city has over 8,000 short-term rental units now, that’s a third ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2025

The Omaha commercial real estate market presents a study in contrasts, with industrial properties experiencing high demand while office spaces struggle with elevated vacancy rates. After nearly five decades in the industry, John Dickerson, Executive Vice President at OMNE Partners, offers a seasoned perspective on how current market conditions compare to previous cycles and what ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2025

The real estate development industry has long struggled with fragmented data systems and time-intensive analysis processes that can take months to complete. Now, artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing how institutional investors and developers identify opportunities and make investment decisions, with zoning data emerging as a critical but previously overlooked investment signal. Olivia Ramos, Founder and ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2025

The commercial real estate industry has long been characterized by its resistance to technological change, with many firms managing multi-million dollar portfolios through the same spreadsheet systems they’ve used for decades. However, a growing number of companies are recognizing that manual processes create significant operational risks and revenue leakage, particularly as the industry faces a ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2025

The commercial real estate industry stands at an inflection point. While other sectors have undergone significant digital changes over the past decade, real estate has remained relatively unchanged, until now. At Cadillac Fairview, one of North America’s largest property owners and operators with $30 billion in assets under management, a different approach to innovation is ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2025

Commercial real estate has long been a relationship-driven industry where information asymmetry creates competitive advantages. However, the sector is experiencing a fundamental shift as artificial intelligence changes how property data is collected, analyzed, and used for investment decisions. This is especially evident in how firms extract data from complex documents and build comprehensive property intelligence ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2025

The commercial real estate capital markets in the Northeast are experiencing a notable shift as institutional investors increasingly turn their attention back to retail properties in the tri-state area. After years of geographic preference for Sun Belt markets, institutional capital is moving northward, driven by strengthening fundamentals and attractive opportunities in grocery-anchored retail. J.B. Bruno, ...

Rudi Davis
09 Sep 2025

The New Orleans hotel market has undergone a dramatic transformation in ownership structure over the past three decades, according to Len Wormser, Senior Vice President at HREC Investment Advisors, who argues this shift signals both challenges and opportunities for the market. “Twenty-five or thirty years ago, 85% of every hotel in New Orleans was owned ...

Rudi Davis
09 Sep 2025

The Piedmont Triad’s real estate market is experiencing a significant shift in how top-performing brokers approach property marketing, with many now proactively seeking professional staging services, a dramatic change from just a few years ago, according to one industry expert. “We’re seeing a lot more interest as a strategy among some top performing brokers, where ...

Steve Marcinuk
08 Sep 2025

The smart home technology sector is experiencing a fundamental shift as companies move beyond DIY solutions toward professional installation models. This change reflects growing consumer demand for integrated systems that deliver seamless experiences without the complexity traditionally associated with home automation. Dan Ross, VP at Brilliant, has been at the forefront of this shift since ...

Steve Marcinuk
08 Sep 2025

The data center sector continues to experience rapid growth driven by artificial intelligence applications, despite recent concerns about potential overbuilding and computational efficiency breakthroughs. Industry analysts suggest that current supply additions, while substantial, are largely pre-committed and insufficient to meet emerging demand patterns. The current U.S. data center landscape encompasses approximately 30 gigawatts of capacity, ...