As e-commerce grows and evolves, new opportunities for industrial investors are emerging. Major grocers are making aggressive moves into e-commerce by acquiring or partnering with delivery platforms, which is heating up the cold storage sector in particular, according to a report from real estate services firm JLL.
This year could bring with it an uptick in REIT IPOs, although it would likely be a small one. An upturn in IPOs in 2019 could result from public REITs generally trading at the same value as their private counterparts, says Cedrik Lachance, director of REIT research at Green Street Advisors Inc., a research and advisory firm in Newport Beach, Calif.
The housing market gained momentum in early 2019, reports the Wall Street Journal. Driverless cars will have an impact on commercial real estate, according to GlobeSt.com. These are among today's must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
