CHICAGO—Market demographics have changed since before the recession. Michael Brennan of Brennan Investment Group says that markets he's in today he would never have considered a decade ago. In an exclusive video interview during the SIOR Fall World Conference here, he explained how he chooses those markets and details the state-by-state spread of his six-year old enterprise.
In the course of our conversation, Brennan touched on:
- The new foreign capital affinity for industrial and non-gateway markets;
- How the current rate of volume is still due in large part to pent-up supply created during the downturn;
- What markets are appealing to the firm and how they are different than target metros of a decade ago.
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John Salustri
John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for nearly 25 years. He was the founding editor of GlobeSt.com, and is a four-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.
