COVID-19 Shines Spotlight on Value of E-Commerce and Industrial Real Estate
As we approach the holiday season, and with holiday shopping already in full swing, it’s become a glaring truth that COVID-19 has divided retail companies into two distinct groups: those with functioning e-commerce businesses, and those without. During the first 10 days of the holiday shopping season, U.S. consumers spent $21.7 billion online, a 21% […]
View PostThis Election Day will impact everything – including real estate
Another reminder about the importance of the 2020 Presidential Election? Yes, but with good reason. We’ve been inundated with news, ads, and messages forcing very carefully crafted information upon us. There’s a lot we know about each candidate and their platform, but there is much more than we don’t know. This applies to all candidates […]
View PostCOVID-19 Prompts Manufacturing Companies to Make Long-Term Changes
According to a new study, more than 90% of companies expect the disruption of global supply chains caused by the pandemic to have long-term effects on their businesses. This has caused manufacturers to closely examine various aspects of their businesses and consider what may need to change, possibly permanently, to adjust to the new COVID-19 […]
View PostThe Good, the Bad, and the Unbelievable: How the Pandemic Has Forever Changed Industrial Real Estate
Industrial real estate had been booming for the last five years, mostly propelled forward by e-commerce and changes in consumer behavior. If that wasn’t enough for industrial real estate owners to adapt to, a global pandemic hit and impacted the way just about everything worked previously. As we adjust to this new reality, there’s one […]
View PostCOVID-19 and Commercial Real Estate: Why Tenant Reps Are More Valuable than Ever
Now more than ever, if you are looking to lease commercial real estate, you need a tenant rep on your side. All of the services they provide, which include negotiations, market expertise, coordination, and strategic advice, have not changed. However, given the complexity of the during- and post-COVID economy and all of the changes that […]
View PostCOVID-19 Crushes an Already Delicate Retail Real Estate Market
You don’t have to dig far into the news before you’re hit with another announcement of a retail store closing its doors and filing for bankruptcy due to the global pandemic. For many retail businesses who were already in debt before the hit of COVID-19, this blow has proven to be one from which many […]
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