While the past few years have seen brick-and-mortar retailers embrace big-box stores with large footprints, a recent study from placer.ai found that smaller stores come with their own set of benefits. A growing number of tenants are experimenting with reduced footprints in a variety of ways. The obvious benefit to smaller-format stores is reduction in […]
New research from Yardi Matrix indicates average apartment rents increased by $10 in July 2022, their lowest rate since January. According to the latest Multifamily Report, the average rent in the U.S. was a record $1,717 last month. Still, year-over-year growth decelerated by 110 basis points to 12.6 percent, 260 basis points off the February peak […]
There’s no denying that the pandemic has changed the way we view work and how it fits into our lives. Broader pressures such as inflation, goods shortages and housing prices, combined with growing concerns about overall health, quality of life, compensation and work satisfaction, have driven countless workers to make more demands of their employers. […]
Welcome back to our series on diversity, equity and inclusion in commercial real estate. By now we’ve established that although conditions have improved, women and minorities are experiencing higher levels of discontent with their jobs. Many employers—both in and outside the industry—have caught on and have been taking steps to alleviate the pressures on their […]
Last week’s blog touched on the Americans’ approach to work, and where it fits in our daily lives, has evolved over the past several years. For many people, the mandatory hiatus from in-person work trigged a re-evaluation of the type of work they want to do and where they want to do it. Some have […]
