PFAS, Due Diligence and Real Estate Development
By David L. Sawicki, PG, CPG
The Latest Environmental Concern and How it May Affect the Process.
INTRODUCTION
The term “forever chemicals” refers to a group of chemicals that are called “PFAS”...
Current Rate Environment Puts Multifamily Borrowers in Increasingly Difficult Position, but Viable Options are...
By Tom Wight
Interest rates have increased substantially in a short period of time, which significantly impacts commercial real estate financing. As the cost of capital increases, it obviously becomes...
Uncertainty or Opportunity?
By John Cumbelich
As the sun begins to set on the withered stalk of another eventful year in commercial real estate, uncertainty prevails in Q4 of 2022 as forecasters ponder...
Flexible Warehousing Garners New Interest
By John Fioramonti, Kidder Mathews Research
The COVID-19 pandemic ignited significant social changes that have impacted commercial real estate in differing ways. For example, the remote working shift has driven...
In Corporate Real Estate, We Have a New Truth
Written by Gabe Burke. Edited by Sharon Simonson.
In corporate real estate, we have awakened to a new reality as we have discovered that some of our deepest beliefs are no...
Opinion: Plenty of Capital Available for Ground-up Multifamily Construction in the Bay Area
In a fluid capital markets environment, brokers and developers are using innovative financing to raise capital for multifamily deals. Banks, REITs, and funds are eager to lend for core...
Supply Can’t Keep up With Surging Demand in San Francisco Bay Area Industrial Market
Robust leasing activity and growing rents are fueling investment activity.
By Briana Harney
The San Francisco Bay Area industrial market continues to experience relentless demand as the e-commerce explosion fuels retailers...
Opinion: Another (Opportunistic) Look at San Francisco’s Office Vacancy
By Vladimir Bosanac
As San Francisco’s vacancy and availability rates continue to climb into the high 20 percent range, I am struck by one thing: Opportunity!
Today’s market may be one...
Google Already Allocated $128MM to Fund 23 Affordable Housing Projects Across Bay Area
By Adrian Schurr, Bay Area Giving Manager
The Bay Area is our home, and we’re helping our hometown communities solve challenging problems. In 2019, we committed $1 billion to help increase the Bay...
Opinion: Recession or Re-Set?
By John Cumbelich
Recently the Wall Street Journal published an article observing that if the US economy is in a recession, “it’s a very strange one” (July 4, 2022). Every recession...
