OCTOBER 17, 2020

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Finance & Investment

Walker & Dunlop’s First VP of Diversity Discusses How the CRE Industry Can Move the Needle

By Liz Wolf, Contributing Writer

Walter & Dunlop, one of the nation’s largest multifamily finance firms, is one of the latest companies to create a new position to oversee its diversity and inclusion efforts. The company hired former GE executive Jason Golub as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. Golub shared with NREI what Walter & Dunlop’s D&I efforts will look like moving forward.

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Finance & Investment

Special Servicer Activity Provides a Window into Assessing the Distressed Cycle

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

CMBS special servicers battling a surge in distressed loans have been working to give borrowers more time to ride out the downturn, but expiring forbearance periods will open the gates on restructurings and rising delinquencies.

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Analysis

Multifamily

Some Multifamily Borrowers are Struggling to Find Small Balance Loans

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Amid the broader challenges facing the commercial real estate market, many investors who own smaller apartment buildings are struggling to find financing in the current climate.

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Alternative Properties

Co-Sharing Medical Spaces Gain in Popularity During the Pandemic

By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer

The co-working concept is evolving, and has now spread to outpatient medical practices, with several companies offering this model for tenants. At least one of them plans to expand nationwide.

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Commentary

Finance & Investment

How Healthy Are the Capital Markets?

By Ivan Kustic

Despite the uncertainty and volatility brought on by the pandemic, the capital markets have remained healthier than anticipated.

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Real Estate Services

Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Reporting in the Real Estate Industry

By John McCarthy

CRE owners need to consider collectability of rent payments and lease concessions in their financial reporting.

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Real Estate Services

Ranking Spaces by Their COVID-19 Infection Risk

By John Egan, Contributing Writer

Because of the myriad health care effects associated with the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are leery about stepping foot in a variety of spaces. Here's a look based on what we know at this point of the pandemic as to what uses present the greatest risk of infection.

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Retail

10 Retailers That Have—and 10 That Haven’t—Paid Their Rent as of September

By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer

A few segments of the retail marketplace seem to be bouncing back, while other categories continue to struggle to make their rent payments due to the pandemic, according to the most recent Datex report.

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Podcast

Finance & Investment

NREI's Common Area: Navigating Through a Tumultuous Year

By NREI Staff

In this episode of NREI 's Common Area podcast, David Bodamer talks to Brian Ward, CEO of Trimont Real Estate Advisors, about how COVID-19 has disrupted the industry in 2020.

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NREI Wire

Boeing Considers Selling Seattle-Area Jetliner Headquarters

Bloomberg

Boeing Co. is weighing whether to jettison the Seattle-area headquarters of its commercial-airplane division as it cuts costs and stockpiles cash.

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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By NREI Staff

Blackstone continues to bet on the life sciences sector with BioMed deal, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google to expand its offices in San Francisco, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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