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May 26, 2017

Top Story

Sales Volume on Net Lease Assets Roughly Flat with Last Year’s

By Diana Bell, Staff Writer

The first quarter of 2017 ended with about $11.43 billion in sales involving office, industrial and retail single-tenant net lease assets.

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Analysis

What New Technologies Mean for the Future of Office Space

By Patricia Kirk, Contributing Writer

Determining how and where people work has massive impacts on productivity, employee engagement, competitiveness and an organization’s brand and reputation.

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NREI Wire

Staples Said to Rebuff Cerberus; Sycamore Still in Running

Bloomberg

The Framingham, Massachusetts-based chain this week turned down the bid from Cerberus, which valued the company at more than its current market value of about $5.8 billion.

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Rising Seas May Wipe Out Jersey Towns and Millions in AAA Bonds

Bloomberg

The same rating companies that were caught flat-footed by the downturn in the mortgage market during the global financial crisis that ended in 2009 may be underestimating the threat of climate change to coastal communities.

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Must Reads

10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (May 26, 2017)

By NREI Staff

The U.S. economy grew just 1.2 percent in the first quarter, while financial corporate profits fell $5.6 billion due to government-imposed penalties for mortgage-backed securities, Reuters reports. BlackRock will pay $1.25 billion to occupy 847,000 sq. ft. of space at Hudson Yards, according to Commercial Observer. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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