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The Top Locations for Construction Activity
Discover high-growth areas in construction and the key factors driving their expansion.
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Interest Rate Cuts: What CRE Developers Should Know
Analyzing the impact on construction starts and project viability.
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Tech Adoption: A Game-Changer for Data Center Developers
How tech adoption and AI is reshaping data center development.
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The Impact of Expanding Green Building Requirements
Shifts in regulations and the costs of staying brown.
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Why Every Real Estate Developer Should Pursue Fit-for-Purpose Design
Commercial real estate developers are known to pursue new projects based on community demographics and demand trends. When there’s a low apartment or vacancy rate in a community with rising rents, it’s generally agreed that the market can absorb a new apartment community, for example. While the actual analysis is a little more complex than…
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Midyear Check-In: Commercial Real Estate Market Gains Momentum
The year began with unbridled optimism. After a challenging 2023, commercial real estate stakeholders welcomed the start of a new year with high hopes for a swift change. Market experts expected lower interest rates and more capital availability; increased investor appetite with stabilized pricing; and healthy occupier demand. Many of those anticipated changes, unfortunately, didn’t…
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Going Green: How All-Electric Buildings Are Changing the Conversation
Commercial real estate developers are voraciously pursuing sustainable construction practices. From publishing aggressive ESG targets to building to green certifications, there have been a number of ways that developers can reduce the carbon footprint of a commercial property. Now, innovative developers are going one step further to ensure the carbon neutrality—or even negativity—of a new…
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Office-to-Apartment Conversion: Can Developers Make It Work?
Commercial real estate developers are well aware of the national housing shortage. To meet current demand, the nation needs to add 4 million to 5 million new homes. Housing development is at the epicenter of the problem. The construction rate began to slow in 2000. By 2020, 5.5 million fewer homes were delivered compared to…
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Developers Gain Optimism: What It Means for New Construction Activity
You might feel like every successful developer has a crystal ball with the ability to peek two or three years into the future and understand what a community will need. In reality, of course, there is no crystal ball. Instead, there are metrics and data (and a little bit of luck) to forecast trends that…