Volume 44, Number 9 July 8, 2020 By Constantine Korologos, CRE, MAI, MRICS Photo: Tashatuvango/Shutterstock.com Capital Market Risk was listed as the #3 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. The last three months have presented the real time volatility of the capital markets and how […]

Volume 44, Number 8 July 1, 2020 By Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE Photo: OSORIOartist/Shutterstock.com Economic Renewal was listed as the #2 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. As we reach the half-way point in calendar year 2020, real estate is facing a triple threat across […]

Volume 44, Number 7 June 30, 2020 By Noah D. Shlaes, CRE, and David J. Lynn, Ph.D., CRE Photo: fizkes/Shutterstock.com COVID-19 was listed as the #1 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. If one thing is clear from the flood of COVID-19 news, especially news about […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: ffikretow@hotmail.com/Shutterstock.com The U.S. Economy was in the tenth year of recovery and there were signs of some loosening of standards reminiscent of behavior prior to the Great Recession.  Now, the economy and that recovery have been turned upside down. We asked Doug Poutasse, CRE: How do we restart the economy – […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: Surapol Usanakul/Shutterstock.com The current crisis makes the need for vast improvements to infrastructure even more evident. We asked Franc Pigna, CRE®: How has the current health crisis made glaringly apparent the need for vast improvements to infrastructure and the supply chain in the United States? America – Quo Vadis? By Franc […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: muratart/Shutterstock.com Multifamily properties, particularly multi-story elevator buildings, are densely populated and pose a potential problem for those people trying to physically distance and avoid contamination in the COVID-19 era. We asked Kim Betancourt, CRE®; Paula Munger, CRE®; and Scott Muldavin, CRE®: How can the multifamily sector survive and thrive? What solutions […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: alecamera90/Shutterstock.com Milan, Italy, 8 March, 2020: Victor Pisani Street in Milan. Northern Italy Locks Down To Try Prevent The Spread Of Coronavirus. As COVID-19 spread rapidly across the globe, structural and cultural differences have lead to widely varying impacts. We asked Hans Vrensen, CRE®: What are the structural differences between the […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: MIND AND I/Shutterstock.com With 42 U.S. states having issued statewide stay at home orders and many municipalities declaring their own restrictions on business operations, questions have arisen over the power to make these mandates and what constitutes an “essential business”. We asked Anthony DellaPelle, Esq., CRE®: How do you counsel a […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: LL_studio/Shutterstock.com The changes in population growth, employment trends, and lifestyle choices as to “where” and “how” to live were recreating the landscape. We asked Paige Mueller, CRE®: Will these trends continue? How will mega cities recover? Will there be a flight to a simpler life? Will 2020 be the beginning of […]

2020 Special Issue Photo: muratart/Shutterstock.com Black Swan alert! No one saw this coming. Many were not prepared.  These two statements apply equally to the economic and social impacts of the pandemic. We recommend that you read the profound Real Estate Issues article by Hugh F. Kelly, PhD., CRE® published on March 21, 2018 titled “Black […]