Grocery Chains and Other Retail Categories are Making Hay in Mid-Atlantic Region

The Washington, D.C., and Baltimore markets, when combined, represent the fourth-largest metropolitan region in the nation by population, and retailers are taking notice again. Grocery-anchored projects are the most prevalent in the headlines. For example, the first of nearly 20 Amazon Fresh locations has opened in the area. Additionally, Wegmans’ smaller format rollout plan is active with its first location in Stonebridge’s Carlyle Crossing in Alexandria opening spring 2022, along with …

January 11, 2022District of Columbia, Market Reports, Maryland, Restaurant, Retail, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports, Virginia

Mid-Atlantic is Where Labor, Ports and Transportation Infrastructure Intersect

Speaking at the Port of Baltimore on Nov. 10, President Joe Biden touted the now passed $1 trillion infrastructure bill as a “once-in-a-generation investment” designed to help us push past the COVID-19 pandemic. The $17 billion earmarked specifically for port improvements is welcome news as on Nov. 15, the day the bill was signed, 90 container ships carrying goods valued at $85 billion were still waiting to dock off the coast of California.[caption id="attachment_307206" …

November 15, 2021District of Columbia, Industrial, Market Reports, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

D.C. Area’s Industrial Market Reports Strong Health Despite Pandemic

Nearly three full quarters into the COVID-19 pandemic, no real estate asset class in the Washington, D.C., metro area has shown less macro-level distress than the industrial market. In fact, the industrial market may have actually benefited from the pandemic.Despite the immediate drop in demand and activity that resulted in the second quarter, the metro industrial market has bounced back and posted positive gains in both leasing activity and new construction. No other asset class can claim …

February 15, 2021District of Columbia, Industrial, Market Reports, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

D.C.’s Multifamily Market is Poised for a Quicker Than Average Bounce Back in 2021

Like many other markets across the country, the Washington, D.C., multifamily market was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vacancy is up and asking rents are down. However, Washington’s unique renter class, made up heavily of students and young professionals, and the region’s main economic drivers will fuel a quick post-COVID-19 recovery. As we close out 2020, multifamily investors have reason to remain confident in a quick bounceback in 2021.Once the virus hit, many offices switched …

February 8, 2021District of Columbia, Market Reports, Multifamily, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Pandemic Hits Retail Investment Sales in D.C., But Signs of Revival Start to Show

The retail investment sales market in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore metro area, just like the rest of the United States, has been detrimentally impacted by COVID-19. Multi-tenant retail investment markets have essentially shut down, sellers and buyers are unable to come to pricing conclusions and most investment opportunities have shifted into urban areas that are experiencing more immediate distress.As COVID-19 cases continue to spike, and with further tightening of lockdown policy …

December 22, 2020District of Columbia, Market Reports, Retail, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

D.C.’s Tax Rate Maze: An Imperfect System Has Increased Property Taxes for Many Real Estate Owners

By Sydney Bardouil, Esq.If you own or manage real property in the District of Columbia and are wondering why your real estate tax bill has gone up in recent years, you are not alone. One common culprit is rising assessed value, but that may not be the main or only source of an increase.A less obvious contributor may be a new, different, or incorrect tax rate. Since tax rates vary greatly depending on a property's use, staying diligent when it comes to your real estate's tax class and …

June 15, 2020District of Columbia, Market Reports, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Washington’s Tech Boom Changes the Multifamily Investment Calculus

Washington and Northern Virginia are among the nation’s most expensive places to rent an apartment, which in part explains the billions of dollars being spent on apartment construction there. But Capital Area asset returns in the post-recession era haven’t clearly supported these decisions. From 2013 to 2018, rents in Washington and NoVA increased at respective compound annual rates of 3.2 percent and 2.6 percent, tabulating Reis data, materially slower than the 4.7 percent average growth …

March 3, 2020Content Partner, District of Columbia, Features, Lument, Market Reports, Multifamily, RED Capital Group, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports, Virginia

Investment Demand Leveling off for D.C. Office Sector as Leasing Stays Lackluster

The office market in metropolitan Washington, D.C., is currently differentiated between a vigorous investment sales market and anemic leasing fundamentals. According to data from CoStar Group and Cushman & Wakefield, office investment sales have averaged $8.4 billion annually from 2014 to 2018 versus $5.5 billion annually from 2008 to 2013. Investment sales in the District have been dominated by Class A and trophy assets with little leasing risk, while demand is buoyed by foreign capital …

January 6, 2020District of Columbia, Market Reports, Office, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

D.C. a Hotspot for Multifamily Investors, Lenders as Absorption Ticks Up

Driven by increasing high-paying jobs, billions of dollars in public and private investment and healthy population growth, the Washington, D.C., metro area boasts a dynamic multifamily market with rebounding rent growth and stabilizing occupancy rates. Washington, D.C., gained 20,500 jobs in June and another 13,000 jobs in July, according to the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services. Additionally, D.C.’s population topped 700,000 for the first time since 1975. The …

December 30, 2019District of Columbia, Market Reports, Multifamily, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports

Historic Level of Demand Meets Low Availability in Metro D.C. Industrial Market

As online shopping and a stack of newly delivered boxes by the door have become common in many American households, the behind-the-scenes institutional supports that make these habits possible have transformed the country’s real estate markets. The booming demand for data centers and last-mile staging for e-commerce is driving steady interest in industrial spaces, which shows no sign of waning. Since 2009, the industrial market has experienced 767 percent growth across the United States, …

December 23, 2019District of Columbia, Industrial, Market Reports, Southeast, Southeast Market Reports