At a time when many analysts were predicting a recession to begin in the U.S., 2018 proved to be another huge year for commercial real estate with record-setting commercial single asset sales. Office sales volume was second only to apartment deals volume. Despite record-high sale prices, the overall sales volume came within $8 billion in deals of […]
U.S. Commercial Property Sales Third-Highest Level Ever in 2018 Read More »
As a follow up to our article about Opportunity Zones in our December newsletter, we want to delve in a little deeper to explore the advantages of both tax saving vehicles and compare one to the other. 1031 Exchange The 1031 Exchange, sometimes called “swapping”, is the older, and more well-known of the two, tax
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Although, the US National All Property Index measuring property sales growth was a positive 6.2% from 2017, the pricing growth slipped a little from the 8.5% growth measured from the year prior. The strongest sector of commercial real estate for 2018 was apartments. The Apartment sector price growth was 8.9% year over year. The price
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With absorption rates continuing to meet the demand for office space in the U.S., 2019 is poised to be the tenth consecutive year of positive absorption. Although there have been increased concerns about the U.S. economy in the last several months in part due to rising interest rates and trade agreements with other countries, many
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Here are a few interesting highlights from a recently released Revista report detailing medical office building transaction activities last year involving three types of investors – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Private Investors, and Hospitals and Health Systems. Real Estate Investment Trusts bought $7.2 billion worth of medical office buildings (MOB) in 2017, which comprised
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According to Revista and Healthcare Real Estate Insights, with Aurora Health Care’s $433 million acquisition of 18 medical office buildings from Welltower, Inc. in January, this purchase marked the first major transaction that could be labeled a “reverse monetization”. According to Healthcare Real Estate Insights, several members of its Editorial Advisory Board at the end
Reverse Monetization – a New Trend? Read More »
If you’ve been the owner of commercial real estate or have otherwise been involved in commercial real estate transactions for a few years, chances are that you are familiar with the sale-leaseback transaction. Many people have a general understanding of the concept of a sale-leaseback, due in large part to the name itself, which basically
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