Understanding Obsolete Retail Space: Challenges and Opportunities

May 19, 2025, 13:27 PM by Daniel Diebel

Obsolete (vacant and off the market) retail space has tripled since Q4 2019, affecting retailers, investors and consumers. Large format retail, particularly super regional malls, accounts for 40% of the obsolete space.
What To Do With All Those Old Malls?

May 19, 2025, 13:18 PM by Daniel Diebel

Retail obsolescence varies considerably by center type but also by geographic region.
Retail Availability: Perception versus Reality

Apr 28, 2025, 14:40 PM by Daniel Diebel

Perceptions about the retail market are often colored by a growing supply of obsolete space, which has tripled since 2020.
Post-COVID office sales volumes break with historical trends

Apr 18, 2025, 10:08 AM by Matt Mowell

More capital is attracted to a sector as vacancy falls, but the post-COVID era has broken with this precedent.
Low-correlation markets can help optimize portfolio returns

Apr 11, 2025, 13:39 PM by Michael Leahy

In a two-asset portfolio, it would be worthwhile to allocate some portion to an asset that offers lower expected returns and higher risk if the two assets are not perfectly correlated, as such diversification can improve the risk-adjusted return.
Commodity office stock is tough to price these days

Mar 25, 2025, 14:10 PM by Matt Mowell

The most recent Cap Rate Survey suggests greater uncertainty around office pricing, particularly for Class B and C assets where fundamentals and financial performance have deteriorated significantly more.
Double-digit office cap rates start to plateau

Mar 20, 2025, 14:22 PM by Matt Mowell

Office investment activity is slowly reviving, with most capital targeting higher quality buildings with stronger occupancy levels and better NOI prospects. Meanwhile, the Class B&C segments continue to struggle.
Capital markets pros believe cap rates have peaked

Mar 10, 2025, 12:15 PM by Matt Mowell

Every six months, CBRE surveys its U.S. capital markets and valuations professionals on whether they expect cap rates to rise or fall, and by how much.
Private Investors Dominating Office Activity Since 2020

Feb 27, 2025, 11:22 AM by Michael Leahy

Accompanying the recent decline in office investment activity has been a change in the profiles of those trading.
Converting Census Data to Different Geographic Areas

Feb 26, 2025, 09:29 AM by Franz Limoges

The U.S. Census publishes state and county-level data as well as for smaller areas like tracts, which contain blocks and block groups. We improve data analysis by converting tract and block group information into uniform hexagon shapes, known as Uber H3 hexagons.

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