As part of our ongoing deep dive into Commercial Real Estate (CRE) terminology, today we’re going to focus on an asset class that has shown strong returns for investors historically, namely Real Estate Investment Trusts or REITs. For many first-time investors, REITs represent an attractive opportunity to get a foot into the real estate market. They also typically pay out high dividends while allowing investors to diversify their portfolio.

You may have seen the commercial real estate (CRE) developments issuing from Dubai recently: According to the Emirates News Agency, vice president and prime minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed…

A recent report from the Brookings Institute has spurred a flurry of features and analysis into the race gap in commercial real estate in the US. The report is called “The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods: The Case of Commercial Property”, and it was published in July 2022. It argues that commercial real estate (CRE) value is “highly unequal across households, racial groups, and neighborhoods”.

Kelly Disser is the executive vice president at NAI Hiffman, in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois – and one of our top producers for the year. Kelly has over two decades in…

As part of our ongoing blog series detailing and unpacking core knowledge of commercial real estate (CRE) terminology, we’re back with new terms specific to new builds. So read on…

Although it used to be handled as a “grudge purchase” by some developers and commercial real estate (CRE) investors – particularly in the days pre-dating our current understanding of the climate crisis – environmental, social and governance (ESG) is of increasing importance as a business consideration.

Kevin Goeller is a principal at NAI KLNB in Tysons, VA, with 36 years in commercial real estate (CRE) under his belt. Once again, he has made our Global’s Top Producers for the…

Welcome back to another edition of our commercial real estate (CRE) terms and definitions blog series. For this one, we’re delving into some of the sub-categories and terminology associated with industrial real estate.

Although we can’t quite believe it, this is now the 13th edition of our commercial real estate (CRE) terms and definitions blog. In this series over the past year, we’ve explored and unpacked many of the common and not-so-common words and phrases associated with this fascinating and dynamic industry. In fact, it is this dynamism (of the field) that means these blogs continue to be some of our top-performing content, read by people around the world – both within the industry and those looking to break in.

We’re baaaaaaaack! Well, two-thirds anyway, based on the number of folks on May 23-24 that meandered the showroom floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the biggest commercial real…

Brian Califf is an executive vice president at NAI Saig Company in Memphis, Tennessee, and one of NAI Global’s Top Producers for the year. Top Producers is our annual showcase…

The matter of sentiment is sometimes as hard to define as the feelings therein themselves. In investments analysis, measuring sentiment is a key point for the forecasters and commentators, but one that is a mix of qualitative and quantitative – in terms of both the input (data) and output (results).