Jul 29, 2020
How have Environmental Consultants adapted to ‘COVID’ times?
The world continues to navigate the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and what the “new normal” means for our personal and professional lives.
ERIS Originals
Apr 30, 2020
The New Normal Working Environment
The New Normal Working Environment. Adjusting to the new normal during the COVID-19 health crisis has been a challenge for many consulting firms.
Apr 15, 2020
Environmental risk assessment is evolving with some rapidly emerging and important factors that can’t be ignored. Anyone involved in CRE transactions routinely assesses a wide range of potential risks.
Feb 12, 2020
REPORT: Green lending programs offer financial incentives for energy-efficient developments
By Keely Felton, CEA, CMVP. Major “green" lending programs help to offset the costs of such sustainable and energy-efficient...
Industry News
Dec 29, 2020
2020 Year-in-Review: CRE’s 10 Most Important Stories
COVID-19 was the most important trend influencing the market. But it had vastly divergent impacts on different segments of the industry.
Dec 22, 2020
The 16 deals and trends that defined Real Estate in 2020
It’s pretty obvious what defined 2020, not just for real estate but for much of the globe: the coronavirus, the resulting economic recession and the U.S. presidential election.
Dec 14, 2020
Mapped: The Risk of Eviction and Foreclosure in U.S. States
Alongside potential obstacles such as job loss, financial insecurity, and a subsequent inability to cover many upcoming bills, many Americans are now facing potential home loss as well.
Dec 03, 2020
2021 commercial real estate outlook
Learn how companies can overcome formidable challenges to gain momentum in the coming year.
Dec 01, 2020
Mapped: The Top 30 Most Valuable Real Estate Cities in the U.S.
According to real estate tycoon Harold Samuel, there are three things that matter when it comes to real estate value—location, location, and location.
Nov 09, 2020
What Do Lenders’ Decisions Tell Us About the Future of Various CRE Sectors?
A global pandemic has led to wary investors, but some deals are still moving ahead.
Nov 09, 2020
Biden and Commercial Real Estate: 4 Intersections to Watch
Changes to opportunity zones, affordable housing, 1031 exchanges and SALT, plus another stab at Infrastructure Week.
Nov 09, 2020
Is It Time? The Importance of Updating Town and Village Comprehensive Plans
The Covid-19 health crisis has sent widely-discussed shockwaves through the real estate industry that could have long-reaching impacts on the future of land use on Long Island.
Nov 08, 2020
CRE Execs Hail Biden Victory, Split Congress, As Heavy Lift Awaits
As President-elect Joe Biden began to outline his agenda for his first day in the Oval Office over the weekend, the notoriously optimistic CRE industry remained true to form, saying the election couldn’t have gone better last week.
Nov 06, 2020
It Took a Group of Black Farmers to Start Fixing Land Ownership Problems in Detroit
With commercial real estate at a premium and out-of-town speculators holding on to land in Detroit, Black farmers had to join together to secure land access.
Nov 04, 2020
Supreme Court ruling in restrictive covenant case: ignore covenants at your own risk
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment today in an eagerly awaited case on restrictive covenants and affordable housing.
Nov 04, 2020
Chicago Multifamily Suffers While Home Sales Market Rebounds, But For How Long?
The ability of renters to keep making their monthly payments buoyed the multifamily market over the past seven months. The dire predictions of early spring, when many observers predicted calamity, have not come true.
Nov 03, 2020
‘There’s Liquidity Out There; It’s Just A Matter Of Shaking It Free’
It’s been a strange recession, with certain sectors like retail and hospitality collapsing and millions of low-wage workers losing their jobs, while higher-paid office work largely continues in home offices.
Nov 03, 2020
Lodging and Retail Reach Highest Delinquency Rates in CMBS History
With tenants locked into long-term contracts, multifamily and office are not facing the same problems.
Nov 02, 2020
COVID-19 Is Changing Enviro Due Diligence For Real Estate
In the transactional world of buying and selling properties, we see several emerging trends in the standard practice of environmental due diligence in response to COVID-19
Nov 02, 2020
‘The Money Never Stops Coming’: Miami’s Office Market Is Hot, Despite Pandemic
Plenty of people have been speculating about the end of the office since the coronavirus spurred a work-from-home revolution. But Florida, has been seeing something different.
Nov 02, 2020
LA Tech Hubs Leading Subleasing, But One Area Could Be Turning A Corner
Los Angeles, like many other cities around the country, is seeing an increase in sublease space, but the Westside seems to be getting hit especially hard.
Nov 02, 2020
Major Waterfront Project Scores Highly Coveted San Francisco Approval
San Francisco's 29-acre Potrero Power Station project has secured an allocation from the city's dwindled office development cap as part of developer Associate Capital's modified timeline for the Central Waterfront project.
Nov 02, 2020
Imagining a Second Life for Midtown Manhattan’s Empty Offices
As workers stay home and office buildings sit vacant, some see a new role for New York City’s business district — as a site for affordable housing.
Nov 02, 2020
NYC DCP Releases Details on SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Proposal
The New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) provided greater detail on its proposal to rezone nearly 56 blocks of the SoHo and NoHo neighborhoods of Manhattan.
Nov 01, 2020
UPDATED: COVID-19 Bankruptcies That Could Hurt the CRE Industry
The massive economic hit from COVID-19 has forced scores of U.S. companies into bankruptcy.
Oct 30, 2020
Real Estate Investors Want to Know What Cities Are Doing About Climate Risks
The real estate industry is increasingly looking at how resilient communities are to natural disasters before deciding whether to buy or develop land.
Oct 30, 2020
Real Estate Investors Want to Know What Cities Are Doing About Climate Risks
The real estate industry is increasingly looking at how resilient communities are to natural disasters before deciding whether to buy or develop land.
Oct 29, 2020
Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the presidential election next week, commercial real estate can expect the opportunity zone program will remain intact.
Oct 29, 2020
North Dallas Suburban Developments Field Office Inquiries In Wake Of Pandemic
Inquiries for office space at developing mixed-use centers inside far North Dallas suburbs rose in the past two months as companies have adjusted their workplace strategies.
Oct 29, 2020
Various reports show that the market for previously-owned homes climbed nearly 10% in September, the fourth straight monthly increase.
Oct 22, 2020
New York’s Cluster Update: Frequently Asked Questions
Andrew Cuomo has released guidance about how cluster zones are designated and how the cluster zone designation may be changed.
Oct 21, 2020
U.S. Commercial Real Estate Showing First Signs of a Thaw
Investment volume continued to fall in the third quarter, but prices showed a slight uptick, according to Real Capital Analytics.
Oct 07, 2020
California Secondary Markets See Potential For Gains From S.F.’s, LA’s Losses
As the economic slowdown batters gateway markets like San Francisco, some of California's secondary markets have shown resilience in spite of the coronavirus pandemic.
Oct 07, 2020
Office Distress Still Low, But Lease Expirations, Maturing Loans Loom Large
The coronavirus has not yet caused major distress for office owners, but the billions of loans out on properties with leases show just how much is at risk in the country’s priciest office markets.
Oct 07, 2020
Toronto Tops Construction Crane Index, With Almost A Third Of All Projects
The index shows North America saw the first decline of construction cranes in years. Toronto was a notable exception.
Oct 06, 2020
Commercial-Property Foreclosures Are Poised to Rise as Covid-19 Lingers
The coronavirus pandemic got here at a nasty time for the Burnsville Middle mall close to Minneapolis.
Oct 03, 2020
“Sublease Pandemic?” Office leasing activity plunged or collapsed, depending on city, even as companies dumped huge amounts of suddenly unneeded office space.
Sep 29, 2020
The commercial use of drones or sUAS, for urban real estate and construction, may finally be gaining traction.
Sep 24, 2020
Women-Led Megaproject Looks To Make CRE History
The San Francisco development is the result of a "consistent through-line of women's leadership, from the point of starting entitlements, up until now.
Sep 24, 2020
A foreclosure crisis is looming — but here’s what’s different from 2008
Though a foreclosure crisis is on the horizon, experts say recent fiscal policy will prevent a full collapse of the financial system.
Sep 16, 2020
A Wave of Distressed Real Estate is on its Way, Says NAI’s Jay Olshonsky
The commercial real estate industry is still managing the COVID-19 pandemic and the heavy toll it has enforced on the national economy.
Sep 16, 2020
The First Half Of 2021 Is The Real Test For Multifamily And CRE As A Whole: Texas A&M Economist
Reports showing a majority of apartment dwellers are making their monthly rental payments amid the pandemic is a positive development, but the real test for commercial real estate comes next year.
Sep 08, 2020
Envisioning the new normal: Real Estate + Technology. Series Wrap-up
This article is the final piece in a multi-part series examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on select real estate sectors and the considerations around how technologies will shape future operations.
Sep 07, 2020
Analysts Weigh In On What CRE Can Expect For Each Asset Class In Q4
Most years, we are not ready to say goodbye to summer, but this year things are different. There is the economy, there is the election...
Aug 26, 2020
Commercial Mortgage Debt in Distress Surges 320%, Moody’s Says
Led by loans backed by hotel and retail properties, $54.3 billion in CMBS debt has been transferred to workout specialist since March.
Aug 25, 2020
A Look at Multifamily Investment by State
Mapping out where investors have spent money on apartment properties so far in 2020.
Aug 24, 2020
How The Commercial Real Estate Industry Can Prevent A Massive Distressed Sell-Off
It’s no secret that commercial real estate owners are feeling the pain after several months of soaring vacancies in hotels, restaurants, office buildings and other commercial properties.
Aug 10, 2020
What to Consider When Purchasing Distressed Real Estate Debt
There lies an opportunity for investors where lenders prefer to sell off their debt rather than continue to try to work things out with borrowers.
Jul 13, 2020
Big changes coming to other real estate sectors, too
Retail is not the only real estate sector with its transformation shifted into overdrive by the COVID-19 crisis.
Jul 05, 2020
Largest US Banks Face $48 Billion Commercial Real Estate Loan Loss, Fed Says
Worries About Industry's Health Prompt Decision to Rethink Capital Plans, Halt Share Repurchases, Cap Dividends.
Jul 01, 2020
2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate
The Counselors of Real Estate has identified the current and emerging issues expected to have the most significant impact on real estate for the foreseeable future.
Jun 24, 2020
Credit unions, community banks that saved commercial real estate face increased risk
When the PPP was launched, the 1st group of lenders to step up and help small business owners access desperately needed capital were credit unions and community banks