Real Estate

How the success of online shopping can actually help the retail real estate sector. While the massive growth of online shopping has taken a toll on retail real estate, some retailers and landlords are finding ways to take advantage of the changing market.  Curious to see why some experts claim that the success of online shopping can actually help the

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Creating a custom tech stack for your commercial property. An effective tech stack allows property owners to understand performance across their entire business.  However, many property owners do not know where to start when building their property’s tech stack.  While every property has its own unique needs and considerations, there are certain technologies that every owner needs to think about. 

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How you can appeal to apartment renters. In an effort to appeal to apartment renters, property managers are making an effort to offer amenities like swimming pools, on-property fitness centers, and so on.  However, a recent survey conducted by the firm Yardi Matrix indicates that renters aren’t just looking for physical amenities; they want the right mix of amenities, services,

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Here’s what you need to know about conducting a cost segregation on your property. As a commercial property owner, one of the ways that you can reduce your operating costs is by conducting a cost segregation on your property.  A cost segregation identifies assets and costs within a property with the intent of accelerating depreciation.  While this might not sound

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How diversity can solve the problem of aging players in the commercial real estate industry. Statistics on the commercial real estate industry show that it is increasingly led by an aging population.  In fact, the average age of just the property management sector is well into the 50s.  With retirement age creeping up on many of the major players in

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How the commercial real estate sector can recruit talent. Anyone who is involved in the commercial real estate industry has likely heard about the growing talent deficit.  Experts identify several reasons why this deficit exists, from millennial and Generation Z’s preference for start-up culture to the commercial real estate industry’s inability to effectively recruit young workers.  However, there are things

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New survey reveals which SoCal commercial real estate sectors are growing in popularity. The latest Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey revealed the current state of the commercial real estate market in Southern California.  This biannual survey gathers the opinions of an anonymous panel of real estate executives who are currently working in SoCal’s real state markets. 

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The future of California’s bullet train is in jeopardy. While uncertainty has surrounded California’s high-speed rail network since its proposal, things are on even shakier ground now that the Trump administration has stated that they intend to terminate the $928 million federal grant for the $77 billion bullet train that would connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.  In a separate

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Learn about Urban Commons’ revamp of the Queen Mary ship in Long Beach, California. Urban Commons, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment and development company recently announced that they would be starting their next stage of renovation for the ship-turned-hotel.  Since its final voyage in 1967, the Queen Mary has been docked in Long Beach where the city has converted

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