JUNE 2, 2020

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Finance & Investment

The LIHTC Market Weathers COVID-19 Pressures

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

Despite taking some hits, experts expect the market for low-income housing tax credits and affordable housing properties to hold up in the face of COVID-19.

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Analysis

Alternative Properties

Education and Healthcare Industries Could Drive Additional Data Center Demand

By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer

Although the technology industry has taken the lead in moving data to cloud computing facilities, two other sectors seem set to increase their investment in data center solutions: healthcare and education industries.

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Commentary

Industrial

Industrial Development Offers an Attractive Opportunity on the Path Forward

By Marshall Burton

When examining the industries that have provided crucial services and supplies during the pandemic, many lead back to the need for industrial space.

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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, on 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

Barclays to Return About 700 Staff Globally to Offices

Bloomberg

Barclays Plc will begin returning about 700 staff to offices in the U.K., U.S. and India starting in July, as it joins global rivals in easing the home-working policies introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Mortgage Sector Off to Worst Start Since 2013 Despite Fed Help

Bloomberg

Mortgage investors have yet to enjoy robust returns this year despite the Federal Reserve providing $688 billion of support to the sector since mid-March.

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12 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

Chain restaurants have shuttered 500 locations year-to-date in 2020, reports Business Insider. Silicon Valley apartment rents plunge, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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