The impending $5.9 billion all-stock merger of office REITs Cousins Properties Inc. and TIER REIT Inc. could open the door for other smaller REITs joining forces, one commercial real estate observer says. But another industry insider shuts down that notion.
The changing conditions in the seniors housing sector were the main point of discussing during McKnight’s Online Expo digital talk “Capital Track: Finding Capital in 2019,” which took place on March 28.
Anyone who has ever purchased a Halloween costume or a Christmas tree has likely visited a pop-up store; however this type of retail is no longer limited to focusing on holiday decorations or special events. Today, one can find pop-ups selling everything from the newest electronics to the hottest fashion accessories.
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly eased in February on declines in grocery stores and building materials, which could potentially reflect cooler weather, though also may signal further headwinds for the economy in the first quarter.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has a mounting distraction as he tries to engineer a rare soft landing of the economy and extend a nearly record-long U.S. expansion: The man who installed him in the job wants no landing at all.
The Wall Street Journal looks at the favorable housing market coming up for home buyers this spring. Student loan debt, currently estimated at 1.56 trillion is still impacting Millennial homebuyers, according to Forbes. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
