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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Understanding the Construction Connection

Construction Marketing

Equity REITs own and operate income-generating real estate properties, while mortgage REITs invest in mortgages and other real estate debt instruments. Demographic Shifts Demographic shifts, such as an aging population , can increase the demand for specialized real estate properties, such as senior housing and healthcare facilities.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Retail accounts for more than $2 trillion in total GDP impact with consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of the U.S. The Tarpon Point Resort at Marina Village is home to a number of upscale retail shops and restaurants. By the BF Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Credit: City of Cape Coral).

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The butterfly effect, chaos theory and getting ahead of the trends

Construction Marketing Ideas

Things like high student loan debt and a generational shift toward marrying at an older age has tempered the housing recovery until recently. Those may be trends, but the fact that manufacturing or retail has suffered as a result is a downstream effect. So what’s the butterfly?

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U.S. CRE Turning Around In 2014, According To New PwC/ULI Report

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The movement into secondary markets is underpinned by the anticipated increase in both debt and equity capital during 2014. Housing, non-residential construction, and a revival in exploration industries could be the key economic drivers. real estate advisory practice leader, PwC.

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Are There Lessons From the Great Recession for the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Pro Builder

Many builders reported that last December was unusually busy, the best in years for housing starts and contracts. economy into its worst quarter since the Great Depression, with unprecedented declines in gross domestic product, employment, consumer confidence, retail spending, and just about every other metric. . . Then, poof!

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Bootstraps for Building

Business Facilities

Like many other older cities, a decades-long decline in manufacturing coupled with urban flight left the downtown populated by discount retail stores and pizza parlors. These new workers, in turn, may move into new housing (and eat in new restaurants and shop in new stores, etc.,

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Business Report: Garden State Growth Zones Aim to Lift New Jersey’s Cities

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Several senior executives as well as finance, accounting, retail operations and other administrative groups are among the 175 jobs to be relocated to the Garden State. It can also apply to projects that have a below-market development margin or rate of return.

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