With current market dynamices the way they are, grand old hotels are proving to be ripe candidates for renovation. Value-add investors are especially attracted to “full-service” or “upscale” hotels, which at the very least provide food and beverage service and often come with a full suite of amenities for guests like fitness centers, swimming pools and conference space.
HALL Structured Finance is an entrepreneurial, value-add, direct private lender that provides ground-up construction, adaptive reuse and major asset repositioning for commercial real estate projects throughout the United States.
Small and mid-cap banks are carving out a bigger foothold in commercial real estate lending—and they are competing more aggressively to win deals. A recent market update from Fitch Ratings highlighted the shift in market share that is tilting more in favor of banks below $100 billion in assets.
After weeks of warnings from many on Wall Street that price swings across global markets were too subdued, the American president’s threat to boost tariffs on China sent volatility soaring Monday. The VIX Index jumped as much as 46 percent, the most since the February 2018 volatility meltdown.
Private equity firms, which are attracting record amounts of investor funds, have for years faced criticisms that they game their returns. Over the weekend, billionaire Warren Buffett joined the chorus.
Forbes looks at the technology boom and its effects on multifamily properties. Rising e-commerce demand drives up warehouse hiring, reports the Wall Street Journal. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
