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Houston, TX Retail Market Report Market Overview   The retail market in Houston shows a strong demand outlook, attracting many investors to plant capital. Thriving sectors have included discount retailers, pharmacies, home improvement, and beauty stores. In the past 12 months, Houston saw 2.9 million square feet of retail space delivered, the second highest of […]

What is Placemaking? The concept of placemaking has been around for many years, gaining heavy buzz in the last five years. Placemaking is the process of transforming an ordinary public space into an area that provides inspiration, pleasure, and creativity to improve people’s lives in the surrounding community. In addition, placemaking focuses on integrating function […]

Inflation & Unemployment Inflation and unemployment are two of the most critical indicators that economists and policymakers monitor when discussing the economy’s health. Though the two are not directly related, research has shown that they do, in fact, strongly impact each other. The Phillips Curve hypothesizes this relationship between inflation and unemployment, stating that when […]

February 2023 Self-Storage Market Report Southeastern Markets Over the past few years, the self-storage industry has outperformed to become a significant participant in commercial real estate, becoming one of the country’s top investment classes. Self-storage still had a successful year in 2022, and is in good shape going into 2023, with minor softening in demand […]

A Double-Edged Sword & The Case of Burger King’s Financial Struggles     Private Equity Investment into the QSR Franchise space – Sometimes a Boon, other times a bust The QSR industry is a dynamic and fiercely competitive market that has seen rapid expansion. Over the last decade, private equity firms have seen this growth […]

How Does the SVB Collapse Impact Commercial Real Estate? On March 10th, 2023, California regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which was subsequently taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Friday. This news marked the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history, putting approximately $209B of asset deposits in limbo. Come Sunday, March […]

February 2023 Multifamily Market Report Denver, CO Multifamily is expected to be the most popular investment in 2023 as demand remains present and the sector serves as a great inflationary hedge. Although fundamentals have cooled since the beginning of 2022, investors are still planting capital into the sector with $5.4 billion in sales volume over […]

2023 Self-Storage Sector Update The self-storage sector is moderating after record highs in 2022, which is attributed to numerous factors, including the slowdown of the housing market and rising rents keeping tenants in place. However, despite economic headwinds, the sector is still seeing tremendous growth, which is reflected by the use of self-storage increasing to […]

Opportunity Zone Updates Opportunity Zones have continuously outperformed expectations since the policy’s inception in 2017 with the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Qualified Opportunity Zones are recognized in thousands of low-income areas across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories.   What Are Opportunity Zones? Opportunity Zones are […]