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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

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 ...

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, ...

Steve Marcinuk
05 Sep 2025

The expectations of commercial real estate tenants have fundamentally shifted over the past five years, with sophisticated digital infrastructure becoming a key differentiator for properties, according to one industry expert who sees many owners falling behind market demands. “Tenant need and want and tenant demand has changed in the past five to seven years, and ...

Steve Marcinuk
05 Sep 2025

Despite facing competition from well-funded institutional investors, local Texas cash buyers are finding success by emphasizing personal relationships and market knowledge, according to Lisa Martinez, Founder of TX Cash Home Buyers. “Sometimes we do lose out. But then there are some sellers that rather work with a smaller company, kind of more personal, versus just ...

Rudi Davis
05 Sep 2025

Katie Cline, host of hospitality podcast Suite Success, argues that over-automation is creating a dangerous disconnect between hosts and guests in the short-term rental market. The Human Element in a Digital World According to Cline, while automation tools promise efficiency, they often miss crucial opportunities for personalization that can make or break a guest’s experience. ...

Rudi Davis
05 Sep 2025

Amid soaring coastal real estate prices, investors from across the country and internationally are discovering exceptional value in Detroit’s historic housing stock, according to a veteran local broker who argues these properties offer unique advantages often overlooked by locals themselves. “These houses were built by the auto barons who used excellent, excellent materials to make ...

Rudi Davis
05 Sep 2025

A new breed of mid-sized real estate operators is emerging, combining institutional-grade expertise with the agility to pursue opportunities across specialty housing sectors, according to one industry leader. “I just joined them in April, which was really exciting. I got to join their executive leadership, and I came from a much larger institutional owner operator,” ...

Steve Marcinuk
05 Sep 2025

The hospitality sector is experiencing a cautious recovery in 2025, with transaction volumes rebounding from pandemic lows while market fundamentals remain challenged by elevated interest rates and operational pressures. Industry professionals are reporting increased deal activity driven by selective distress situations and patient capital finally finding deployment opportunities. Suraj Dalal, Partner at Kabani Hotel Group, ...

Steve Marcinuk
05 Sep 2025

The construction industry is grappling with a complex web of challenges that extends beyond the hypothetical concerns discussed earlier this year. While tariffs on materials like copper have materialized as expected, immigration enforcement actions are creating more immediate and severe disruptions across construction sites, particularly affecting smaller subcontractors who form the backbone of the industry. ...