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Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
HOUSTON—Despite weakening labor markets which have reduced demand for office space and significantly slowed absorption rates, there is recent activity among investors across almost all property types.
ARLINGTON, TX—The DFW area continues to benefit from a rapidly growing, diversified economy, which has produced strong lodging demand and RevPAR increases well above the national average.
SAN FRANCISCO—181 Fremont is a 70-story office and residential tower in the SOMA neighborhood with a penthouse being offered for less than half of comparable properties found in New York City.
HOUSTON—There are collections of new homes in the 400-acre area of May Valley in The Woodlands Village of Sterling Ridge and Waterway Landing at East Shore, a gated community of 59 townhomes.
RICHARDSON, TX—Fox Creek Park and CityLine Park are a part of Richardson's initiative to have a pocket park located within walking distance of every neighborhood in the city.
WALNUT CREEK, CA—The 800-pound e-commerce gorilla, Amazon, accounted for 43% of US online sales in 2016, and now the gorilla has turned the tables to begin opening brick-and-mortar sites.
SPRING, TX—The 5-mile radius of the new retail project has a population of 179,133 people and they have an average income of $111,987, including residents of the upscale community, The Woodlands.
DALLAS—The new $350-million fund is targeted to originate two-to-five year loans for every category of commercial real estate except land, with loans expected to range from $3 million to $30 million.
The homeownership rate fell for a 12th consecutive year in 2016, resting at 63.7% in December and declining 550 basis points from its peak. Among those…
SAN JOSE—Hospitality development, financing and refinancing are at the forefront of Silicon Valley's real estate machine, after San Jose's hotel market has recorded tight availability in recent years and SJC airport traffic increased by 10.2% during 2016.

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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
From Colliers
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Download Resource
From Placer.ai
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Download Resource
From Placer.ai
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Download Resource
From Assurant
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
From Assurant
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource
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Download Resource