JUNE 13, 2020

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Finance & Investment

Opportunity Zone Funds Work to Regain Momentum

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

Capital raising for opportunity zone funds slowed in the wake of COVID-19, but managers are seeing an uptick again as market conditions improve.

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Office

Office Brokers Don’t Expect a Return to Normal Any Time Soon

By Patricia Kirk, Contributing Writer

While brokers don’t believe the office is going away, they expect the challenges presented by the pandemic to last into next year.

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Finance & Investment

Foreign Investors Have Stayed Away from U.S. Real Estate in Recent Months. That Trend Is Not Expected to Hold

By John Egan, Contributing Writer

Once the pandemic is over, foreign buyers will likely see attractive investment opportunities in core assets.

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Analysis

Retail

Moving Across Country During a Pandemic

By Liz Wolf, Contributing Writer

What changes have commercial establishments instituted so far to prevent the spread of infection as states reopen?

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Retail

Despite Essential Tenants Remaining Open, Shopping Center Landlords Saw 40% Drop in Rent Collections

By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer

Grocery-anchored shopping centers collected about two-thirds of their normal rents from March through May.

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Multifamily

Apartments with Ground Floor Retail Take a Hit on Rent Collections

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Despite losing some income from ground-floor tenants, relatively strong collections from core residential tenants have softened the financial blow for multifamily owners.

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Commentary

Finance & Investment

1031 Exchanges Are Challenging in a Pandemic. Opportunity Zone Funds Can Offer a Solution

By Erik Hayden

Opportunity Zone funds offer similar benefits to 1031 exchanges, but come with an extended investment horizon.

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Podcast

Finance & Investment

NREI's Common Area, Episode 36

By NREI Staff

In this episode of NREI's Common Area podcast, David Bodamer talks to Adam Gower, the founder of Gowercrowd, a crowdfunding resource for real estate developers. Together, they discuss why it’s time for investors to consider distressed real estate, examples of adaptive reuse on commercial properties, and other ways that COVID-19 is shaking up commercial real estate.

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NREI Wire

Los Angeles Eviction Ban Faces Legal Challenge by City Landlords

Bloomberg

The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles filed a lawsuit arguing eviction bans are unconstitutional.

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Seven Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

Some retailers are overwhelmed as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates the shift to online shopping, reports the Wall Street Journal. Although it will be a while before the Dallas-Fort Worth office market returns to pre-pandemic levels, office developers and brokers say the business is picking up, according to the Dallas Morning News. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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