Downtown Office Markets Receive Disproportionate Amount of New Supply in US, By Michael Gerrity, World Property Journal “According to CBRE's 2018 U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook, improved U.S. office market fundamentals should continue, downtown markets will receive a disproportionate amount of new supply, the tech sector will likely remain a primary demand driver, and occupiers will [...]
Consumer Wage Growth Could Bode Well For Commercial Real Estate In 2018, By Champaign Williams, Bisnow “Should the increase in wage growth persist, it could translate to higher consumer spending, providing a boost to both retail and apartment landlords — though forecast headwinds in the multifamily sector may cancel out any added benefits wage growth [...]
5 Ways New Tax Legislation Will Impact CRE Professionals, By Alec Berkman, Bisnow “Commercial real estate, the network of industries in which President Donald Trump first amassed and now holds much of his wealth, is expected to immediately benefit from the new tax plan. CRE investors and companies, regardless of size, structure or specialty, will be [...]
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Provides Significant Tax Changes On December 22, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law H.R. 1, commonly known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” Most provisions affecting individuals are effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and expire on December 31, 2025. Most business-related provisions are [...]
New Centralized Partnership Audit Regime Takes Effect In late 2015, Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (as amended, the “BBA”). The BBA established a new centralized partnership audit regime, applicable to partnership tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, and repealed prospectively the TEFRA partnership audit rules. These new federal partnership income [...]
2018’s Retail Outlook Can Be Summed Up In 3 Words — Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, By Lara O’Keefe, Bisnow “Though retail real estate has suffered greatly from the massive closures of major brick-and-mortar retailers in the past year, there are still ample investment opportunities in the sector.” Slow And Steady Growth: 2018 Performance Forecast For Top 4 Commercial [...]
Hartman Simons Represents Ardent In Kaiser Permanente Buckhead Lease 01/09/18 Hartman Simons’ Ruth Hughes represented The Ardent Companies in drafting and negotiating the lease agreement that will keep Kaiser Permanente in Buckhead’s Piedmont Center office park. This is the first big office deal for Atlanta’s commercial real estate market in 2018. Kaiser, a tenant [...]
Experts: Atlanta Office Should Continue Healthy Trend With Little Spec In 2018, By Jarred Schenke, Bisnow “Lack of new office development, and a robust pipeline of companies seeking office space, could push Atlanta's record office rents even higher in 2018. Office rents in Atlanta have reached levels never before seen in the market. Rents have grown, despite [...]
Rivera and Kuller Elected to Equity Partner and Partner 01/03/18 Hartman Simons & Wood LLP, one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate law firms, announced Ryan P. Rivera and Whalen J. Kuller have been elected to equity partner and partner, respectively. These promotions went into effect January 1. “Ryan and Whalen’s commitment to [...]
