The Corporate Real Estate Insider

(0:00) Opening (00:19) Tricks landlords are playing with operating expenses and capital expenditures in this environment (15:50) Navigating sublease extensions (30:19) Why the federal government is struggling to get employees to return to the office (40:38) Office availability rates across different parts of the US (51:50) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com...

(0:00) Opening (0:32) Brookfield very publicly fires broker from major leasing assignments (11:10) Many large CRE firms dealing with financial challenges (13:42) Gensler’s report on downtown-based employees (20:43) What companies should prioritize in their physical spaces (31:25) Different approaches to getting employees back into the office (41:20) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please...

(0:00) Opening (0:15) Life science market thoughts (8:13) Flight to quality and the “quality premium spread” concept (23:18) The challenge with Downtown Minneapolis and others alike (33:32) Thoughts on the current market and long term recovery (50:55) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.com to get in touch with us directly.

(0:00) Opening (0:13) Goldman Sachs prepares to construct an 800k square foot office campus in Dallas (2:25) Highest vacancy rate cities in the US are in Texas (10:11) An 83k square foot office building in San Francisco sells for half of its last purchase price (27:29) WeWork has exited almost 600 leases, equating to $12.7 billion in future lease payments (38:54) Closing To learn more about the po...

(0:00) Opening (0:20) Vacancy rates are soaring in Sunbelt cities (11:01) Distressed buying/selling of office buildings underway (31:09) Restoration lease clauses (34:30) New industrial construction is falling. What will the impact be? (37:35) Insurance cost and exposure increasing (43:25) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.co...

(0:00) Opening (0:21) WeWork attempting to exit majority of their leases (16:42) There is a buyer/seller on every deal – who is right? (31:32) Real estate doom loop impact on banks (49:30) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.com to get in touch with us directly.

(0:00) Opening (0:57) Smucker’s implements “core weeks” as a new hybrid work strategy (9:53) Economic incentives and their impact on site selection (22:07) The state of the office market (33:23) Update on Texas markets (42:35) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.com to get in touch with us directly.

(0:00) Opening (0:27) Zoom’s employee mandate to return to the office (9:35) The impact of a potential Wework bankruptcy (25:53) Amazon cracks down on WFH flexibility (30:18) The impact of climate disasters on property insurance (39:45) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.com to get in touch with us directly.

(0:00) Opening (0:23) Negative rent growth in apartments (4:53) The amount of office space in the US is decreasing (14:25) $1 trillion “wall of worry” (28:35) Challenges within corporate real estate departments (35:49) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.com to get in touch with us directly.

(0:00) Opening (0:16) Introducing Maggie Hatfield-Hartley, VP of Real Estate Services at Haliburton (1:34) Haliburton’s real estate portfolio (5:04) Haliburton’s process and strategy (20:29) How Haliburton structures its real estate transactions (27:15) Why knowing your numbers is important (35:54) Maggie’s most challenging real estate project (43:03) Tips for new real estate directors (47:26) Lev...

(0:00) Opening (0:17) Tax incentives to reset class B and C office buildings (10:28) Is student housing a new “bright spot” in the market? (17:53) The overall economy and what it means for corporate tenants (28:01) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecreinsider.com to get in touch with us directly.

(0:00) Opening (0:26) Blackstone sells $3.1 billion worth of industrial real estate to Prologis (12:36) The impact of Blackstone’s sale to current tenants in buildings being sold (21:05) Vornado bets $1 billion that more commuters will return to the office in NYC if the commute was easier (29:49) SL Green sells a 50% stake of 245 Park Avenue (39:09) Lender involved short sales (41:15) Closing To l...

(0:00) Opening (0:44) Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace report (2:29) Active quitting is at 18% (5:47) Rents are on the rise in urban fringe neighborhoods (13:45) Silicon Valley companies are now dumping office space (18:48) Major retailers are pulling out of San Francisco (21:08) Product types that are performing well (24:36) Content-creating companies and production space (30:50) Life scien...

(0:00) Opening (1:10) US avoids monetary default (2:10) The ticking time bombs in America’s Downtown areas (4:55) CRE debt in Downtown Los Angeles (11:45) Infrastructure investment for 2028 Olympics and its impact (18:15) Kastle Building Systems report on return to work (23:07) Jobs report (27:37) Varying perspectives from developers on the future of the market (33:00) Amazon’s walkout – return to...

(0:00) Open (0:30) Sam Zell and the history of Blackstone’s Equity Office acquisition (11:25) Commercial real estate debt (19:01) Unemployment and return to work (24:10) Elon Musk’s take that working from home is morally wrong (31:15) Boston life sciences market (34:33) Building conversions and subleases (41:06) Life science leasing activity (45:01) Life science funding (1:00:33) Close To learn mo...

(0:00) Open (1:03) How large companies are viewing their owned real estate (5:10) The life science market’s challenges (13:45) The correlation between office leasing and hotel occupancy (17:30) Who’s buying buildings and what are their motivations? (39:17) New real estate concessions companies are obtaining and news (1:02:21) Closing To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider....

(0:23) The challenging environment for REITS (11:25) Life Science space demand (18:37) Clean tech growth and office incubation (22:30) How to address unique zoning challenges and risks (32:47) What companies should do when a listing broker misbehaves (43:50) How to handle your landlord wanting to redevelop your building (56:45) How to handle complicated sublease scenarios (landlord recapture, appr...

(1:03) Evaluating the health of landlords with near term loan expiration dates (6:41) AI’s potential impact on the commercial real estate world (17:20) Trauma informed design (19:12) What do if your landlord is going to or has defaulted on their debt (27:46) What to do if you are caught in limbo between signing a lease and a commencement date due to a landlord default (40:00) What do you do if you...

(0:24) Falling credit availability impact on the economy (3:50) Bank rescues (14:20) The impact of this on rents (16:30) Future of cities (34:54) Confusing and misunderstood parts of CRE (37:53) BOMA measuring standards (46:02) Unknown costs hidden in leases (48:45) Management fees (51:14) Operating expenses To learn more about the podcast, please visit www.thecreinsider.com or email podcast@thecr...

(0:41) Retail companies using data to relocate store fronts(7:52) Return to office rates – US vs the world(20:31) Desk sharing and office utilization(29:50) Obsolete office space(35:53) The use of data analytics in making real estate decisions(40:48) What should your goal be in leveraging real estate data?(42:14) How sensor data can benefit occupiers(46:52) Location and commute data(49:51) Costar’...

(0:55) News updates (23:08) How has the role of the real estate departments changed over the last 5 years? (29:55) Strategic planning around resiliency of real estate portfolios (34:10) How technology is and will change logistics and manufacturing real estate decisions (46:09) Role of coworking in a modern real estate portfolio (58:36) Lease administration (1:01:15) Prop tech and data (1:02:30) Fi...

(1:47) Real estate news updates (14:00) Restructuring existing leases (18:20) Dealing with termination fees (19:51) Jarvis’ lease box savings model (22:00) Beneficial occupancy (27:00) Commencement date and GAAP rent (29:31) “Landlord work” and timing of new builds (34:38) Signing leases with single purpose entities (37:30) Expansion rights and options (45:42) Parking negotiations (49:02) Rapid fi...

(1:11) Distressed Real Estate Assets (5:50) Risks to tenants from their landlord defaulting (7:00) Lease protections for landlord defaults (12:25) Could this be a repeat from ‘08/’09 in terms of defaults? (14:45) Will GSA employees be back in the office soon? (18:06) Tik Tok – come back to an office or face disciplinary action (19:30) Thoughts on inflation (24:17) The mistake of leasing more space...

Co-Hosts Tucker, John, Owen, and Brian are back for Episode 2 of The Corporate Real Estate Insider podcast where they discuss the industrial real estate market, how and why rents increased so dramatically during the pandemic, the impact of the recession on rents and corporate real estate strategy, advanced manufacturing growth in the US, and actionable advice for companies negotiating leases or pu...

Welcome to Episode One of the Corporate Real Estate Insider podcast. Tucker, John, Owen, and Brian discuss the current state of the office market, work from home trends and predictions, why companies are bringing their people back and how they’re doing so most effectively, and how to navigate office space in this post COVID world. (1:35) Current state of the office market (5:00) How prevalent is w...