Category: Advising Decision Makers

Advising Decision Makers, Managing Change, Real Estate Trends,

Cold Storage? More Like Hot Storage? Amirite?

There’s suddenly a hot demand in alternative investment: cold storage warehouses. These properties—where companies store perishable goods—have risen in popularity in part due to the growth of e-commercial delivery services…

Advising Decision Makers, International Real Estate, Real Estate Trends,

What does the US-China Tariff Battle Mean for Investment Opportunities?

We’re back to the unfortunate news of U.S. and China trade relations. There is no sign of an end in sight. The increased tariffs are beginning to have an obvious…

Advising Decision Makers, International Real Estate,

Requiem for the Trans Pacific Partnership (from the late but not forgotten file)

Some may recall when these pages boasted of the inevitability of the ratification of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). We called it such because it cost the US relatively little,…

Advising Decision Makers, Managing Change, Operations, Real Estate Trends,

What do high profile repudiations of REITs tell us about the future of the structure?

The decisions made by Macy’s/McDonald’s to reject REIT spin-offs are neither anomaly nor representative of a fundamental shift. In fact, their decisions have little to do with REITs or the…

Advising Decision Makers, International Real Estate, Operations, Trade,

Manufacturers Take Note: Is Your Real Estate TPP-Ready?

The debate over the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has brought into sharp focus the tension between established industrialized nations like the US seeking to establish cross border standards/protections and emerging…

Advising Decision Makers, International Real Estate, Trade,

Repeat After Me: TTIP is Happening – And That’s Good.

Don’t believe the hype. TTIP WILL happen, and it means potentially great things for trans-Atlantic real estate owners and occupiers. TTIP (Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the US and…