Category THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Strip Centers: A Promising Outlook

The narrative around brick & mortar retail has changed dramatically over the last few years, particularly relative to the outright negativity from the late 2010s. At the time, mounting concerns that ecommerce would quickly dominate the retail industry – compounded…

Property Values Up Almost 5% This Year

Newport Beach, CA, December 5, 2024 — The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index® increased 1.5% in November. The all-property index has increased 4.8% over the past twelve months. “It’s been a good year for property prices; overall, values have…

Canadian Retail Sector – Keep it Simple

Canadian macroeconomic expectations have deteriorated in the second half of 2024. Immigration policies are becoming more conservative, adding to uncertainty. Unemployment rates have lately jumped off as the private sector employment is in recession. In such context, personal income growth…

Spread-ing Our Bets

What are commercial mREITs:  At their core, commercial mREITs operate simple businesses. They write short-term, floating-rate loans collateralized by pre-stabilised (transitional) commercial real estate assets. They then turn around and lever up the returns on these loans using financing from…

Price Appreciation Expected to Slow

Newport Beach, CA, November 6, 2024 — The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index® was unchanged in October. The all-property index has increased 3% this year. “Property appreciation was set to accelerate, but then medium-term interest rates turned higher,” said…

U.K. Retail Analytics Pro Health Index 101

Real estate is a simple business, but the devil is always in the detail. Nowhere is this more apt than with the retail sector. Where an industrial building usually has one tenant and an office building often only has a…

Price Appreciation Expected to Continue

Newport Beach, CA, October 4, 2024 — The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index® was unchanged in September. The all-property index has increased by 3% this year. “Property prices have increased this year, and we expect further appreciation,” said Peter…

Step By Step

The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index, which measures pricing of a broad swathe of Pan-European commercial properties, is positive for the third quarter in a row (+0.6%; +1.3% YTD), marking a steady upwards path throughout this year. Uptick within…

Tertiary Markets Launch: The Biggest Little Cities

In the Farrelly Brothers 1996 comedy classic Kingpin, actor Randy Quaid’s character Ishmael Boorg famously states “I want to go to Reno.” The storyline of the movie centers around a young Amish bowler making it to Reno, Nevada for a…