Margarita Foster

History shows that when real estate prices decline — because capital costs have risen, net operating income has fallen or both — owners do all they can to hold on to assets until conditions improve ...

Typical Class A office buildings have served as the backbone of CRE portfolios for decades. But for three years since the height of the pandemic, investors have watched tenants downsize and office ...

If sitting is the new smoking, as some health experts believe, should multifamily developers forgo lounge chairs on the roof for a sport court instead?

Acceptance, recognition, acquiescence.

Just North of Center City Philadelphia, in a rapidly transitioning light-industrial and warehouse district, architecture firm ISA designed an award-winning, small-scale, mixed-use project located ...

Just North of Center City Philadelphia — in a rapidly transitioning light-industrial and warehouse district — architecture firm ISA designed an award-winning, small-scale, mixed-use project nestled ...

Activating lobbies — whether in office, hotel or multifamily buildings — is a concept that’s been evolving over the past decade. Developers have worked to turn these formerly staid spaces into ...

While accommodating multiple tenants in a single office building is not uncommon, giving up to six of them distinct entrances and private terraces is indeed unique.

While accommodating multiple tenants in a single office building is not uncommon, giving up to six of them distinct entrances and private terraces is indeed unique.

The onetime sleepy city of Sacramento, California, home to the California State Legislature, has been working to change its government-town image for decades. The recent delivery of Envoy, an ...

Since March 2022, commercial real estate values have been pummeled by persistent increases to the Federal Funds rate, which to date has risen by more than 500-basis points over a very short time ...

Since the U.S. Federal Reserve began raising the Federal Funds rate in March 2022, commercial real estate values have been battered by persistent rate hikes, amounting to more than 500 basis points ...

Attributes such as a sunny climate, accessible beaches and an overall welcoming culture have long made Spain and Portugal magnets for expatriates from across the globe. Northern Europeans are ...

As the first half of 2023 draws to a close, the wave of bank failures that many predicted — based largely on the potential for widespread business failures and property foreclosures — has yet to ...

With Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine in its second year, and the U.S. and China carrying out military exercises in the Taiwan straits, geopolitical tensions have moved from the economic realm to the ...

This is not the first time that a death sentence has been issued for the office sector. Just after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, adjectives associated with the next generation of office ...

This is not the first time that a death sentence has been issued for the office sector. Just after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, adjectives associated with the next generation of office ...

If you’re concerned about how to navigate the current CRE industry, you may want to let John Chang be your guiding light. Compared to the pessimistic outlook being voiced by so many, the view of the ...

Peter Ballon, global head of real estate at CPP Investments, kicked off the global capital markets session at ULI’s Spring Meeting in Toronto by characterizing the current CRE climate as one marked ...

Many have been predicting doom and gloom for the commercial real estate industry, but John Chang is not jumping on the bandwagon. While he acknowledges that the rising cost of capital has caused ...