As vaccinations reach critical mass, in-person retail and recreation visits are recovering more rapidly than trips to the office over the past month in the US, according to Fitch Ratings While trips to the office are sticker because they are… Read More
Pizza lovers in Houston have an entirely new delivery option the next time cravings strike: delivery by robot vehicle. Domino’s is piloting a new autonomous delivery service in the Texas city using self-driving delivery company Nuro’s R2, a completely autonomous, occupantless… Read More
Taco Bell’s newest Cantina will be opening on April 14 as a continuation of their New York expansion Taco Bell announced Tuesday that the Yum Brands company is opening a new Cantina — complete with digital-only ordering kiosks, digital pickup… Read More
Despite raising it as a possibility on the campaign trail, modifying or repealing the treatment of the tax benefits of like-kind exchanges has not been part of President Biden’s proposed tax reforms to pay for social services. That doesn’t mean that commercial… Read More
President Joe Biden proposed his opening bid on Wednesday for a $2 trillion infrastructure package that pushes the US toward a clean energy economy. The bulk of Biden’s plan involves upgrading America’s roads, bridges, and public transit. But it also… Read More
Despite a year of disruptions and significantly lower deal volume, commercial real estate capital providers of all types remain willing to finance deals. And with the overall outlook brightening, origination activity is expected to grow throughout 2021. And as the February… Read More
Experiential retail is likely to deal a blow to e-commerce sales as the pandemic wanes, according to a recent analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Digital sales, which spiked 33.6% in 2020, are expected to grow to $908.7 billion this year,… Read More
In the first quarter, the single-tenant net lease sector reached historic lows for the retail and industrial sectors, according to new research from The Boulder Group. In Q1, single-tenant retail cap rates compressed by nine basis points to 5.91%. Industrial… Read More
The U.S. federal government has passed an unprecedented $5.3 trillion of stimulus as part of the effort to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and trillions more of infrastructure spending appears to be on the way. The expected boost to the… Read More
The pandemic appears to be at a major turning point as vaccine production and distribution have hit stride. The economy will reach a major turning point soon afterwards, which will raise several issues for real estate and REITs. The outlook… Read More