commercial real estate

Healthcare Real Estate Caught a Huge Case of COVID. But Its Future Prognosis Is Positive, Says Caddis’ Lance Hardenburg

by | Nov 9, 2020
The prescription: Federal assistance and rent relief. The cure: Healthcare is one of the industries showing the quickest, strongest recovery.
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As Hotels Struggle with COVID, Marcus & Millichap is Finding Investor Opportunities
by | Nov 9, 2020
Chris Gomes, the firm's senior managing director of investments, recently helped investors close nearly a half-dozen hotel transactions, enabling buyers to capitalize on an impending SBA incentive deadline. It's been our "most exciting two weeks since April," he says.
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Too Much Room at the Inn: As Hotels Struggle with COVID, Some May Transform Completely
by | Nov 9, 2020
Business may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 or 2024. So some hotels may pivot to senior living, multi-family, and reverse office conversions, says Jeffrey Binford, managing director of CBRE's Hotel Advisory.
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Hillwood’s Reid Goetz: As COVID Has Raged, E-Commerce Has Boomed—Driving the Need for Logistics Real Estate
by | Nov 9, 2020
With e-commerce sales up 30 percent from Q1 to Q2, Hillwood is trying to move as fast as its customers.
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Tech Is Shaping a New Normal in Office Space—and Flexibility Is Key for Tenants, Says JLL’s Torrey Littlejohn

by | Nov 9, 2020
Office tenants are weighing changes in space needs and design. But most employees just want to come back to the office, says JLL's Torrey Littlejohn.
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Multifamily Has Faced Multi-Challenges in 2020, But DFW Is Emerging With Renewed Strength
by | Nov 9, 2020
For years, apartment starts boomed across DFW. Then came the pandemic slowdown. Expect our region’s dynamic growth to get us back on track, says Streetlights' Tom Bakewell.
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Colliers’ Allen Gump: DFW Has Always Been a Major Trucking Hub. Now It’s Taking Logistics to Undreamed-Of Levels
by | Nov 9, 2020
From sophisticated delivery to huge build-to-suit deals to the future of autonomous trucking, logistics is the name of the game.
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E Smith’s Tamela Thornton: We’ll See New Retail Concepts Taking Advantage of Vacancies in the Market
by | Oct 28, 2020
Building a solid tech platform is a must for retailers—and growth in the next few years has to be based on real demand, the President and CEO of E Smith Communities says.
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CitySquare is Building “a More Equitable Future” for Dallas by Creating Affordable Housing—and Showing How Real Estate Professionals Can Help Drive Change

by | Oct 27, 2020
From tiny homes and modern shipping container housing to job training, healthcare services and a food pantry, CitySquare is turning poverty into hope.
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CECAP: Dallas Gears Up for Net-Zero Energy Construction
by | Oct 14, 2020
This summer, the Dallas City Council approved an environmental action plan that makes it a requirement for new commercial facilities starting in 2030.
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The Workplace of the Future: How the Pandemic May Impact Ongoing Demand for Office Space
by | Oct 13, 2020
Reports from Gensler and Cushman & Wakefield provide insights on how things may shake out.
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‘We Believe Cities Like Frisco Will Benefit by the Return of Growth To the Suburbs,’ Says Economic Developer Jason Ford
by | Oct 13, 2020
The Frisco EDC prioritizes efforts on four main target sectors: corporate attraction and expansion; gaming and new media; the business of sports; and innovation.
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CBRE’s Jeff Ellerman: The Future Is Bright for Dallas-Fort Worth Corporate Relocations and Consolidations

by | Oct 13, 2020
While COVID-19 has slowed relocations in the short term, the commercial real estate veteran shares his reasons for optimism.
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Corporate Relocation: ‘Although This Downturn Comes With Unique Challenges, North Texas Has a Lot Working in Our Favor’
by | Oct 13, 2020
How has the pandemic impacted corporate relocations? We talk with eight commercial real estate experts about challenges, opportunities, and the market outlook for the rest of 2020 and beyond.

Here’s how DFW is a place for the future.
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‘There Will be New Opportunities,’ Says Lancaster Economic Development Director
by | Oct 13, 2020
The pandemic is a time to be innovative, says Shane Shepard. Lancaster, with plenty of room for development, is ripe for artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, cold storage, food processing, motor vehicle parts manufacturing, and data centers, according to the economic development director in a Q&A.
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Hillwood’s Mike Berry: ‘North Texas Has a Lot Working in Our Favor’
by | Oct 13, 2020
COVID-19 accelerated many trends in commercial real estate, especially in e-commerce and the industrial sector. Hillwood President Mike Berry talks about the outlook for corporate relocation in Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as long-term shifts involving technology and what sectors are more pandemic proof, in a wide-ranging Q&A.
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