Paul Bubny is managing editor of Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. He has been reporting on business since 1988 and on commercial real estate since 2007. He is based at ALM Real Estate Media Group's offices in New York City.
For Amazon, "it's a combination of city planning, telecommunications landscape and real estate community mentality," WiredScore CEO Arie Barendrecht tells GlobeSt.com in the second part of a two-part interview.
At a national average of 2.6% year over year, the current rate of rent growth is “roughly in line with the long-term norm,” says Greg Willett at RealPage.
The private equity firm's acquisition of a majority stake gives the online real estate marketplace “the scale and resources to accelerate our growth and further expand our platform and product offerings,” says Ten-X CEO Tim Morse.
"Public and private nonresidential construction are continuing to slow or fall below last year's levels," says Ken Simonson at Associatded General Contractors of America.
TH Real Estate's Jay Martha says the firm's CASA series of funds combines “multiple value-enhancing investment strategies with income-enhancing, low-cost specialty bond financing.”
“There are actually vast differences in how US cities approach broadband planning and policy, making certain cities better suited than others for Amazon,” WiredScore's Arie Barendrecht tells GlobeSt.com.
American Campus Communities' plan to acquire a blue-chip student housing portfolio and EdR's hiring of a university partnership veteran augur well for both companies, says Green Street Advisors' Ryan Burke.
The addition of the Sony Center in Berlin's Mitte district will bring Oxford Properties' European assets under management to approximately US$2.7 billion.