JANUARY 4, 2020

Top Stories

Finance & Investment

Banks Focus CRA Dollars on Affordable Housing

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

Banks provide more than $100 billion in capital each year to low and moderate-income communities as part of their Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) investing requirements. Increasingly, they are focusing those dollars on supporting affordable housing projects.

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Office

Six Predictions for the Office Sector in 2020

By Patricia Kirk, Contributing Writer

Continued strong demand for office space should keep this property sector stable in 2020, according to industry experts. However, the sector will continue to experience disruption from proptech innovations, the growth of flex office space, new product deliveries and worries about a potential recession. Here are six predictions for office properties in 2020.

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Retail

Once, High Street Retail Was a Safe Bet for Investors. Is That Still True Today?

By Liz Wolf, Contributing Writer

In a U.S. retail market that’s largely struggling with big changes in how consumers shop, retail experts says high street retail, in general, hasn’t been as negatively impacted as some headlines might indicate. Despite some challenges, much of high street remains a destination for both retailers and shoppers—thanks to luxury brands, and in many cases, high volumes of tourists.

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Multifamily

Lenders Enter 2020 Willing to Fund New Apartment Construction

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

As fears of a possible recession and overbuilding in the multifamily sector diminish, lenders are showing they still have an appetite for financing construction projects. The availability of mezzanine loans and lower interest rates are helping fuel this activity and helping to offset rising construction costs.

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Year in Review

2019 Year-in-Review: CRE’s 10 Most Important Stories

By NREI Staff

A year that many thought might bring the end of the current commercial real estate cycle instead ended with industry fundamentals holding firm and with interest rates now on a downward trend. There is good reason for optimism in 2020 as well. These 10 stories and themes dominated the commercial real estate sector in 2019.

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2019 Year-in-Review: The NREI Research Series

By NREI Staff

In the following gallery, we provide highlights and links back to our reports on the industrial, retail, multifamily, office, hotel and seniors housing sectors, as well as findings examining key issues for REITs, net lease properties, high-net worth investors and financing trends.

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2019 Year-in-Review: NREI's Top 10 Galleries

By NREI Staff

Here we provide a review of the 10 most popular galleries we posted in 2019, based on the response from our readers. It includes slideshows ranking markets by all sorts of metrics, whether that's been trends in specific property sectors or more macro-level things, like what states are the most people move to right now.

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NREI Wire

What Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton have planned for Silicon Valley

Business Journals

The three hotel chains are expanding throughout the booming area.

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