Environmental Contamination Reduces Market Value

Owners of properties with environmental contamination already carry the financial burden of removal or remediation costs, whether they cure the problem themselves or sell to a buyer who is sure to deduct anticipated remediation expenses from the sale price. Fortunately, New York law allows those property owners to reduce their property tax burden to reflect their asset’s compromised value. Tax Types Most local governments in the United States impose a property tax on real estate as a …

September 12, 2019Features, Northeast, Northeast Feature Archive

Generation Z Renters Reshaping Student Housing Market

With some of the oldest members of Generation Z coming onto the rental scene seeking out their first college and post-college apartments, developers and property owners must start paying closer attention to this new audience. While Gen Z and millennials have quite a bit in common, they also differ in some fundamental aspects and demand different standards of living in residential spaces. Just when owners and property managers are finding their footing with millennials, Gen Z will reshape the …

August 8, 2019Features, Heartland Feature Archive, Multifamily, Northeast Feature Archive, Southeast Feature Archive, Student Housing, Texas & Oklahoma Feature Archive, Western Feature Archive

Priced Out: Adding Affordable Units to Student Housing

Student loan figures indicate a growing affordability problem in higher education. The Federal Reserve reports that student loan debt in the United States is almost $1.6 trillion today, with 42 percent of people who attended college — which represents 30 percent of all adults — incurring at least some debt from their education. With a focus on technology-based degree programs, the cost to attend college is rising. But it’s not just tuition that’s going up. According to College …

August 6, 2019Features, Heartland Feature Archive, Multifamily, Northeast Feature Archive, Southeast Feature Archive, Student Housing, Texas & Oklahoma Feature Archive, Western Feature Archive

As Healthcare Trends Toward Value and Efficiency, Buildings Follow Suit

Digital connectivity and rising costs are rapidly transforming industries across the country, and healthcare is certainly no exception. Digital health solutions and the material realities of the economy, along with a changing regulatory landscape, are reshaping the way providers deliver care. For example, the increased uses of telehealth, artificial intelligence (AI) and more community-based facilities (such as urgent care centers) are changing the spaces providers need. This activity is in …

May 16, 2019Features, Healthcare, Northeast Feature Archive

Driven by Big Portfolio Deals, Foreign Capital Rebounds in 2018

Two years ago Chinese regulators restricted capital from leaving its shores, driving down foreign investment in U.S. commercial real estate to well below the record of nearly $100 billion set in 2015. But cross-border inflows in 2018 were on pace to exceed 2017’s total of roughly $52 billion, according to commercial property research firm Real Capital Analytics (RCA). Hurdles threaten to trip up the momentum, however. The Federal Reserve Board’s tightening monetary policy, which has set …

January 22, 2019Features, Northeast Feature Archive

Five Reasons to Use Virtual Reality in Design

By Michael Prifti Technology is moving quickly across many different industries. Architects are now using emerging technology like virtual reality (VR) to improve experience for clients, tenants and the general public. An architecture firm can use VR to accomplish many different goals. VR can be used as both a design tool and a marketing tool. As a design tool, one can create impressive virtual mockups with the technology. To be used as a marketing tool, it is important to figure out …

November 28, 2018Development, Features, Northeast, Northeast Feature Archive, Pennsylvania

Industrial Rents Reach New Heights in Northeast

The industrial real estate sector across the Northeast continues to exhibit strong rent growth due to a number of factors: increased tenant demand, decreased supply and the ever-growing presence of e-commerce companies. In the five largest metro areas, rent growth over the 12-month period that ended June 4 averaged 6.2 percent, according to CoStar Group. The vacancy rates in those same markets were all at or below 6 percent as of June 4. The Northern New Jersey industrial market led the …

August 1, 2018Features, Industrial, Northeast, Northeast Feature Archive

Manhattan Sees Major Growth Spurt of Service-Oriented Retailers, Says Lee & Associates’ JP Sutro

LAS VEGAS— Since joining Lee & Associates in the New York City office in 2012, JP Sutro has closed over $200 million in retail lease transactions. The executive managing director specializes in representing both retail landlords and tenants throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. REBusinessOnline caught up with Sutro during the RECon show in late May to get his take on the state of the retail market in New York City. The three-day deal making and networking event is the world’s largest …

June 6, 2018Features, Lee & Associates, New York, Northeast, Northeast Feature Archive

CBRE: U.S. Apartment Sector Gets Boost from Comprehensive Tax Reform

LOS ANGELES — The sweeping tax reform bill signed into law in late 2017 by President Donald Trump is expected to benefit the U.S. multifamily investment market, according to a new report from CBRE. The report states that under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the tax benefits of renting over buying a home will increase in 29 of the 35 largest U.S. markets. That number is up from 15 markets before the tax reform. The new tax law increases the standard deduction from $12,700 to $24,000 for a …

May 3, 2018Features, Heartland Feature Archive, Northeast Feature Archive, Southeast Feature Archive, Texas & Oklahoma Feature Archive

Forecast Survey: What’s Your Take on Real Estate in 2018?

France Media, Inc. is conducting a brief online survey to gauge market conditions, and we welcome your participation. This survey should only take a few minutes to complete. Questions range from property sectors that your firm is most bullish on heading into 2018 to trends in deal volume to the outlook for interest rates. The results will be collated and published in the January 2018 issue of our regional magazines. Conducting these surveys is part of our mission at France Media to provide …