High-tax urban locations may lose residents to the suburbs in some parts of the country, write Reis' Victor Calanog and Barbara Byrne Denham in a new white paper.

More than half of Rockspring Property Investment Managers' US$9.3 billion in funds under management is in European retail.

Brookfield and Silverpeak Real Estate Partners are committing equity to Niido Powered by Airbnb, a venture between the home-sharing giant and Miami-based Newgard Development.

The privatization of Kindred Healthcare occurs as it's winding down the sale of its skilled nursing facility business to a joint venture led by BlueMountain Capital.

In contrast, permits on single-family homes hit the highest level in November in more than a decade.

Despite general pricing inflation lately, "the markets do not appear to be suffering from the irrational exuberance that has characterized the end of other expansions,” Transwestern's McNearney says.

Even as retail is tied with industrial for the best value, Situs RERC's Kenn Riggs says that “pricing for high-quality retail is holding up although the market is quiet on the transaction side."

Investors and occupiers alike will need to be nimble to confront market challenges and take advantage of opportunities in the coming year, says CBRE.