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November 1, 2017

Top Story

Wood Construction Gains Ground in U.S. Commercial Buildings

By Mary Diduch, Staff Writer

There is a burgeoning trend among developers across the U.S. to bring the use of wood to new heights in commercial real estate.

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Gallery

Preview of the First Mass Timber High-Rise in the United States

By Mary Diduch, Staff Writer

Images from the Framework building, the first high-rise building in the U.S. constructed out of mass timber materials.

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Analysis

Banks Remain Stingy With Construction Dollars

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

Over the past two years, banks wary of taking on construction risk have lowered leverage, increased rates and applied more conservative underwriting.

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Sponsored Content

Why Borrowers of Small Loans are a BIG Deal

Sponsored by Freddie Mac

How multifamily financing is evolving to meet the needs of the non-institutional investor.

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NREI Wire

Kushner Partner Says Teardown of Fifth Avenue Tower Unlikely

Bloomberg

After financing for the latest approach leaked in March, experts deemed it prohibitively expensive.

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Rick Gates Terminated by Barrack's Colony after Indictment

Bloomberg

Barrack, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump and chairman of his inaugural committee, said he hired Gates in March to advise on potential investments in and around the communications industry.

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Must Reads

10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

Airbnb is driving up home prices by 0.64 percent and rents by 0.39 percent, MarketWatch reports. The New York Times profiles the messy family battle behind the sale of Starrett City, the largest federally-subsidized housing complex in the United States. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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