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  Historically, retail banks were the golden standard for net lease investors, boasting long-term leases, investment-grade tenants, and passive management. Now, the momentum backing online banking has investors concerned for retail banks in the next ten to 15 years. The recent narrative around banks has focused on branch closures and consolidation, but bank branches are […]

   How has the self-storage industry in a post-lockdown world become one of the most desirable asset classes of commercial real estate? Disruptions in housing, elevated migration, lifestyle changes, and office space shifts caused by the global pandemic created a surge in self-storage demand, with institutional investors, private equity firms, and private buyers all taking […]

   For years, c-stores have been essential in providing access to food, beverage, fuel, and other household essentials at an affordable price for their respective communities. With the onset of COVID-19, retailers of all sorts were forced to improve their accessibility and convenience for the consumers that were no longer able to enter their doors. […]

As many readers are well aware, the United States is experiencing a housing crisis. While supply isn’t keeping up with demand, wages aren’t keeping up with rents. According to Apartment List, the national median rent growth across the United States increased by 13.8 percent from January 2021 to July 2021. This jump is more than […]

Net lease retail experienced varying outcomes to the COVID-19 pandemic, but successful retailers attribute their monumental performance to their location. A tenant’s location can impact the success or failure of a business, and therefore is an important factor in the site selection process. For shopping centers, the right tenant and their location can make all […]

  In 2018, core urban markets witnessed retail expansion, especially for experiential retail that targeted younger generations. In 2019, millennials continued to push growth in the urban core, trading square footage for convenience to live near these communities. In 2020, COVID-19 was introduced, disrupting urban markets. Many people reevaluated their housing choices, and high-density residential […]

  1031 Exchanges are a popular tax deferral strategy for real estate investors, wherein a commercial property owner sells one or more of their assets in exchange for one or more like-kind (investment real estate) properties of equal or greater value and defers capital gains taxes. Commercial real estate owners have the opportunity to capture […]

The single-family rental (SFR) market has sufficiently increased in supply, demand, and interest. The arrival of COVID-19 spurred a conversion from working in office to working from home, allowing renters to escape cramped living quarters close to city centers and migrate to suburban developments. Along with this, the millennial generation is growing older and starting […]

  The need for data centers has steadily increased as the internet grows in ability and accessibility. The year 2020 was a landmark year for the product type, and investor momentum continued into 2021. The global pandemic accelerated the demand for cloud services and streaming media as employees worked from home and residences became the […]