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Liberation Day Part 2 has come and gone, and the U.S. has more clarity on the global trade landscape. Some of the levies will have CRE breathing easier, but some — including the 35% rate on Canada, a hugely important market for construction material imports — might be worse than the industry feared. Already, tariffs have driven construction costs up anywhere from 6% to 10%. But at least some of th...

The rise of AI is pushing data centers to their limits. Calls for bigger, denser facilities are increasing and tenant power requirements are doubling in many markets. It’s still not enough to meet the needs of today’s market or tomorrow’s users. On this episode, Bisnow National Data Center Reporter Dan Rabb said keeping the momentum of the data center boom is all about finding power. And while pos...

Though a few brave (or crazy) pioneers have dabbled with using crypto in commercial real estate, the industry has mostly sat on the sidelines for years. The reason: not enough regulation, no stability or guardrails. This week, that started to change. The passage of the GENIUS Act to create a framework for stablecoins, plus two other bills making their way through Congress, could lead to a rapid ri...

The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law, and its impact on housing could be massive. The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit received its biggest reform in 25 years, including halving the requirements of how much of its funding must come from municipal bonds. LIHTC and the Opportunity Zones program were both made permanent, and major adjustments to OZs — including a wave of new zones to come and a new foc...

U.S. foreign policy these days is a sea of uncertainty — CRE investors’ least favorite thing. From whipsaw tariffs to taxes seen as “revenge” against international players who don’t fall in line with Trump administration goals, money managers are increasingly tentative to put their money on American soil. This week, Trepp Senior Research Manager Tom Taylor discussed why it makes sense that some gl...

The Federal Reserve decided yet again to hold interest rates steady at the June FOMC meeting. But CRE sees a turning point. This week, Avison Young CEO Mark Rose said the decision was irrelevant anyway. The CRE recovery isn’t coming soon, he said. It’s here now. Register on Bisnow.com to join next Friday's conversation live, or check back here for the conversation after it airs. 

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is being negotiated in the Senate, and how it gets hammered out could have major implications for commercial real estate. The breadth of possible impacts are huge, from the return of bonus depreciation, which could finally make the math work on deals, to qualified business income deductions allowing CRE to write off more debt and a possible ban on state regulations o...

With the 10-year Treasury hovering near 5% and Trump’s $3T tax plan rattling the bond market, capital costs are surging — and CRE is feeling the heat.  On this episode, Peachtree Group CEO Greg Friedman dove into how the rising 10-year Treasury is impacting deals, the challenge of supporting exit caps in a rapidly shifting environment, how extend and pretend is hurting deals and why he’s still doi...

Between economic whiplash, shifting policies and market volatility that changes by the hour, you need industry insights that cut through the noise. That's exactly why we're launching First Draft Live , a new weekly series that breaks down what's happening, why it matters and what you need to know to do better business.   Join us live on Bisnow.com every Friday at 12:30 PM ET / 9:30AM PT for conver...

Bisnow has released the fourth installment of the annual story tracking the levels of gender and racial diversity among commercial real estate leaders. On this episode, we break down the latest figures, and examine the current threats that diversity programs in the U.S. -- as well as talk about how backlash and the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action could filter through to the industry. R...

Asland Capital's Jim Simmons, speaking at Bisnow’s New York State of the market, on the importance of mixed use developments, raising money from diverse sources and getting affordable housing built in a challenged economic environment. Read more: More Uncertainty Means Lenders, Developers Need More Partners To Get Deals Closed Former Ares, Apollo Exec Launches CRE Investment Firm, Buys 2 Apartment...

John Kim, BMO Capital Markets senior analyst covering U.S. REITs, speaks about the third quarter earnings season.  Read more: Vornado Pulling Out Of New York City Casino Sweepstakes Despite Outperforming Sector, SL Green Stock Being Heavily Shorted SL Green's Sluggish Leasing Sends Stock Tumbling As REIT Readies For Turnaround

Distress in real estate is prevalent in industry chatter – and in the headlines, but when it comes to sales, it is still not much of a factor. bIn fact, less than 2% of sales are distressed asset sales in the U.S., according to Jim Costello who is the chief economist at investment research firm MSCI’s Real Assets team. Read more: CRE Loan Distress Hits 10-Year High As Office Debt Crisis Accelerate...

JLL's CTO Yao Morin on JLL's generative artificial intelligence model, JLL GPT,  and how she thinks AI can improve the lives of brokers and help them do their job. She also discusses the widespread angst about AI, its dangers and the concerns that it will push people out of employment. Read more:  ‘There’s A Degree Of Wonder’: Why New AI Tools May Finally Be The Tech That Shakes Up Real Estate

Bisnow's U.K. Editor Mike Phillips talks about the possibility of a WeWork bankruptcy, and the impact on office landlords.  Read More:  WeWork President, COO Heads For The Exit WeWork Skips $95M In Interest Payments  WeWork Assembles Team To Avoid Bankruptcy As NYSE Starts Delisting Process

Danielle Lombardo, the chair Lockton's global real estate practice, on how the cost of insurance is killing deals, and how this "inflection point' will force the industry to work together to find a solution. Read more: ULI: CRE Insurance Availability, Affordability At 'Crisis Levels' Insurance Costs Jump 26% For U.S. Multifamily Properties As Hurricane Idalia Deluges Florida, Property Insurance Ex...

On this episode, CBRE's Richard Barkham, who is the brokerage's  global chief economist and global head of research. He is talking over why the brokerage has moderated -- but not removed -- its recession prediction and his view on the where interest rates are headed. Also on the episode, distress in office and the impressive turnaround of retail. More stories on our website: 'You Sure You Want To...

Thomas Yoo, the CEO of Willow River Capital Management, talks about the shifts in Asian investment into USA real estate, managing different cultural approaches to business – and the environment for loan sales.  Read more: CRE Awaits Signature Bank Loan Sales For Desperately Needed ‘Pricing Signals’ Loan Backed By Manhattan Office Tower Blackstone Gave Up On Set To Hit The Market Dequity: A Debt, E...

Rudin CEO Bill Rudin talks about office occupancy, the decision to turn 55 Broad into housing, doing deals with Ken Griffin and the migrant crisis.  Read more:  'A Million Things Can Go Wrong': City, Developers Outline Challenges In Office-To-Resi Conversions Another Labor Day Came And Went Without A Spike In Office Occupancy

Marilynn Joyner, the founder of Her Workplace – a startup that offers  physical coworking space, in person events and a digital networking and career resource platform – all tailored for women and nonbinary people, at this moment in the world of work. 

Jarred Schenke and Ethan Rothstein talk over the Nightingale Properties and CrowdStreet deal that resulted in a DOJ investigation and the disappearance of millions of investor dollars.   Read more: Inside Nightingale Properties, The CRE Firm At The Center Of The Missing Millions DOJ, SEC Investigating Nightingale After $40M Of Investor Cash Allegedly Diverted To CEO's Accounts Crowdfunding Industr...

Ben Van Leeuwen, the co-founder of Van Leeuwen ice cream talks about building expanding the business overseas, handling inflation -- and why American consumer habits are perfect for a pricey ice cream chain. 

Reporters Olivia Lueckemeyer and Maddy McCarty talk over the Texas miracle, and what might be threatening it. We also hear from the former Texas Governor and former Secretary of Energy in the Trump Administration Rick Perry on why he doesn't think government should intervene in the housing crisis. "Government should do a few things, do those few things really well and then get the hell out of the...

Donohoe Hospitality President  Thomas Penny speaks on recruiting to deal with the labor crisis, his concern about the debt ceiling and the business to make the most of that so-called “bleisure travel."  “At the height of the pandemic, we  saw a massive loss of life …a lot of folks throughout the country, their priorities have shifted to realize just how fragile today is. You have folks who will pa...

Trepp's Manus Clancy talks over the debt ceiling crisis, the environment of "extend and pretend" and how the banking crisis is affecting real estate lending.