JANUARY 9, 2021

Top Stories

When It Comes to Real Estate Returns, HNWIs Are Realists

By Beth Mattson-Teig, Contributing Writer

An Origin Investments survey finds that many investors with deep pockets are pragmatic and not looking for “unicorn” opportunities in the real estate space.

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CRE Groups Condemn Mob Attack on U.S. Capitol

By WMRE Staff

Many commercial real estate organizations issued statements denouncing a pro-Trump crowd's attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Net Lease Sector Showed Strength in the Fourth Quarter of 2020

By Elaine Misonzhnik, Executive Editor

While many sectors of commercial real estate continued to struggle in the fourth quarter of 2020, investors’ preference for net lease assets remained strong. Investment sales activity in the sector rose to the highest level in four quarters and average cap rates reached record lows, according to the most recent report from the Boulder Group, a boutique real estate investment services firm specializing in single-tenant net lease properties. At the end of the third quarter, the net lease share of all investment sales activity in the U.S. commercial real estate market reached 18.4 percent, compared to its five-year average of 11.8 percent, reported real estate services firm CBRE.

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Analysis

JRW Realty's Melinda Marston on Why Net Lease Assets Are Great Investment Options in a Downturn

By John Egan, Contributing Writer

In a Q&A with WMRE, Marston discusses investment challenges her firm faced in 2020, investment opportunities on the horizon in 2021, and the firm’s deal criteria and sourcing approach.

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Construction Financing Remains Available for Some Multifamily Development

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Despite the disruptions in the market, multifamily developers remain busy and lenders have been willing to provide construction financing.

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Interested Investors Overwhelm the Market for Data Center Properties

By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer

Lots of capital is targeting the data center sector. But there are not enough deals to go around.

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The 20 Most Expensive Luxury Real Estate Markets in the U.S.

By Wealthmanagement.com Staff

Myaffordableluxury.com recently analyzed the top 10% of listings on Redfin and Zillow (each with a price of at least $500,000—a widely accepted definition for luxury property) and ranked all the cities based on the highest threshold necessary for a home to be labeled locally as luxury property. Here are the 20 most expensive luxury real estate markets in the country.

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Commentary

ESG Investing Outlook and the Benefits of Tax Credits

By Katherine Zheng and Philip DeRosa

Investors and companies usually fear that ESG investing does not generate expected returns and that it is limited in diversification. Despite these concerns, recent research suggests that ESG investing, in fact, does help investors and companies achieve better overall performance. Investors and companies can benefit in many ways, such as receiving tax credits, while also supporting ESG values.

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WMRE Wire

CPPIB Pumps $850 Million Into Hard Assets, Sensing Market Froth

Bloomberg

Canada’s largest pension plan is expanding its holdings of hard assets, plowing around $850 million into property, wind farms and logistics facilities to kick off the year.

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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

By WMRE Staff

NMHC’s first rent payment tracker numbers for 2021 show that 76.6 percent of renters had paid full or partial rent by January 6. Before Trump supporters turned violent at the Capitol they had been providing a boost to local hotel occupancies, reports Bisnow. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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