SubscribeBy Carrie Rossenfeld for Real Estate Forum
It’s no secret that the net lease market is attracting many investors, new and veteran, seeking a safe sector for their portfolios. While there’s no sure thing in the investment realm, net lease does have its pluses, including long-term tenants assuring a steady income stream. But with so many...
HOUSTON — (April 24, 2012) —
Houston Office Market
Houston’s office market ended the first quarter with a total of 699,266 square feet of positive net absorption, according to quarterly market research compiled by Commercial Gateway, the commercial division of the Houston Association of REALTORS®.
Reversing last year’s trends, Class B space accounted for 86.3% of the first...
Tyler Rudick with Culturemap Houston recently reported on the new, locally produced documentary, The Art of Architecture: Houston.
Rudick explains, “To the uninitiated, Houston looks like a jumbled tangle of buildings placed haphazardly atop the coastal plain — which, of course, is a fair assessment for a city with little zoning. But this sprawling, boundless urban scene...
The flow of office investment sales in Austin is expected to increase this year due to an improving economy and a tightening supply of office space, according to the 2012 Annual Report published by Marcus & Millichap.
About 27,000 new jobs will be added in office this year, predominantly in the health care and education sectors.
Only...
Texas once again dominates Forbes’ list of America’s Fastest-Growing Cities, as the Lone Star State capitalized on low taxes and cheap real estate to draw in jobs from the rest of the country. To construct this list, we pulled data from Moody’s Analytics on the 100 largest metropolitan areas, giving extra weight to projected economic...
By Edward T. McMahon for The Urban Land Institute
Around the world, cities are seeking the recipe for economic success in a rapidly changing global marketplace. Indispensable assets in a post–industrial economy include: well–educated people, the ability to generate new ideas and to turn those ideas into commercial realities, connectivity to global markets, and multi-modal transportation...
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Single-tenant net leased retail property capitalization rates experienced a 3 basis-point increase from 4Q11 to 1Q12, according to the Boulder Group’s 1Q12 Net Lease Market Report. Over the same time period, office and industrial net leased property cap rates compressed 15 and 6 basis points, respectively.
The retail cap rate increase is the result...
Houston Press staffer Abrahán Garza likes to meld Houston’s past and present together.
He goes around town matching up old postcards to present-day sites, something he saw on the Web a year or so ago.
“I’ll find a remnant in the old photo I will try to match it up perfectly,” he says. “It’s definitely a plus...
By David John Marotta, Contributor
Question: I would like to see your take on paying off a house faster (extra principal payments) so that overall your house hasn’t cost you all the extra interest; or investing your money, taxable or non-taxable. I’ve heard arguments on both sides, some for rental property some for personal property. I...
Today’s post comes from the Institute of Real Estate Management via Commercial Source.
The best long-term, value-appreciating opportunities in real estate will be found at or adjacent to: (1) major colleges and universities; (2) hospitals; (3) coastal and capital cities; (4) corridor or string cities; (5) 24/7 knowledge cities and financial centers; (6) edge cities; (7) areas...
