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"We also see pop-up stores becoming a more permanent fixture in retailers' and landlords' strategies to meet shoppers' expectations for new and exciting products."

Despite only a slight uptick in online shopping, 38.1 percent of consumers still plan to buy from Amazon.

Life companies, alternative lenders and CMBS sources increased activity in the third quarter.

A recession is among the top concerns for apartment investors this year, but interest rate cuts may have pushed the downturn back.

Investors busy making net lease investments range from strictly passive and "hands-off" investors to highly sophisticated privately and publicly held real estate operators who see the asset type as consistent in generating levered and un-levered yields.

Overall, the outlook captured in the Real Estate Roundtable's 2019 Q4 Economic Sentiment Index was bright.

CBRE projects that apartment demand will be 240,000 units for next year, roughly 20% less than the 300,000 units in 2019.

"Northerners and other homebuyers are not just purchasing second homes; they are bringing businesses and moving here full time," says MIAMI Chairman of the Board José María Serrano.