Smart Cities Planned By Tech Giants Spell Big Changes For Commercial Real Estate, By Lara O’Keefe, Bisnow “Connected infrastructure, autonomous vehicles and new zoning possibilities are all elements coming to future smart cities. If this trend continues, it could provide developers with more flexibility and creativity thanks to relaxed zoning, a decline of vehicles and parking lots [...]
Food Halls Help Urban Retail Landlords Maintain Competitive Edge, By Donna Mitchell, National Real Estate Investor “Food halls are considered the newest and hottest way to combine dining, entertainment and even locally sustainable eating in one place. More than one third of consumers, 34 percent surveyed in a recent AlixPartners study, said they look forward [...]
Potential Gulch Redevelopment Could Include More Than 9M SF Of Office, By Jarred Schenke, Bisnow “A city permit may have shed light on redevelopment plans for Downtown Atlanta's Gulch property, which could include an office campus more than half the size of all the Class-A space in Midtown. The Gulch is believed to be among the properties pitched [...]
Navigating the Property Management Landscape in 2018, By Melissa Smith, Tammy Yeargan, Fogelman Properties, Multifamily Executive “With 2017 coming to a close and sights now set on 2018, many are wondering what’s ahead in the fascinating and competitive field of multifamily property management. Let’s take a moment to dive into several coming trends and examine [...]
Georgia's Secretive Bid For Amazon HQ2 Could Top $1B, By Jarred Schenke, Bisnow “With “nothing left on the table,” Georgia has joined the quest for the biggest economic development race in modern history.” Why Atlanta Is the Early Favorite to Land Amazon's Second Headquarters, By Jeff John Robert, Fortune “More than 100 cities submitted [...]
Atlanta Developer Takes on Mixed-Use Development Next to Braves' New Baseball Stadium, By Brian Croce, Multifamily Executive “Total price tag for recently opened projects tops $700 million; includes ballpark, three luxury apartment buildings, retail, offices, and entertainment venues. The Braves didn’t want to build just a ballpark, however; the team had big plans to build a destination: [...]
Investment in Data Center Properties Reach Record Levels in 2017, By Michael Gerrity, World Property Journal “According to a new report from CBRE, investment in the U.S. data center sector reached record levels in the first half of 2017. H1 2017 investment totaled $18.2 billion, already more than double that for all of 2016 (inclusive [...]
Who Would Buy Suburban Retail In Today's Retail World? New Market Would, By Jarred Schenke, Bisnow “The retail investment arm of Atlanta-based Preferred Apartment Communities wants to continue shopping where most suburbanites still buy their bread and eggs: the neighborhood grocery store.” CRE Industry's Favored Tax Code Treatments Facing Uncertain Future in Congress, By [...]
To Remain The 'Cornerstone of American Retail,' Malls Should Pursue These Tenants By Lara O’Keefe, Bisnow “As American malls are forced to adapt in response to changing consumer preferences and the rise of e-commerce, landlords have increasingly turned to healthcare and restaurant tenants to drive traffic. A new CBRE study found that on average, department stores fill nearly [...]
Atlanta is the country's hottest industrial market, and it's getting hotter, By Jarred Schenke, Bisnow “Maybe there is a reason for industrial developers to continue to be bullish on Atlanta even with another 10M SF of big-box warehouses under construction.” Property Managers prepare for hurricane season, By Les Shaver, Multifamily Executive “The National Oceanic [...]
