Creative Ways to Repurpose Abandoned Malls & Big-Box Stores After COVID-19

Many large retail spaces are sitting empty because of retailers going out of business, but there are novel strategies to reuse these spaces Although the struggles of shopping malls and big-box stores aren't new, as...

Things To Consider When Leasing To A Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Some essential CRE steps when leasing to an essential business At the height of lockdowns and quarantines, it quickly became apparent that what was considered essential expanded far beyond first responders and hospital staff. Truck...

How the COVID-19 Economy Impacts Property Improvements & Customized Offices

The changing tenant-improvement landscape due to COVID-19 Before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was common for tenants in “Class A” buildings to ask for significant improvements to office space as a part of their real estate...

CRE Opportunities and Pitfalls in a K-Shaped COVID Recovery

Solid investments are out there. Finding them depends on assessing the changing demand. In the rush to predict how an economy crippled by COVID will look, many experts have tossed around the shapes of letters...

Are Big Cities a COVID Casualty?

Or has the pandemic merely spurred the need for a new beginning? Consider it the essay that was heard ‘round the world. James Altucher, a former hedge-fund manager, author, and comedy club owner, penned his...

CRE and Surviving The COVID Recession

Taking steps to evaluate the current situation and weather the storm When it comes to hurricane season, Floridians know the drill: stock up on canned goods and water, fire up the generator for a test...

CRE and the True Cost Of Capital During COVID-19

Portrait fragment of Benjamin Franklin close-up from one hundred dollars bill The wisdom and ability to tap “cheap” capital for commercial real estate investments There’s very little doubt the 2020 global economy isn’t pretty. Ravaged...

The Looming Legal Challenges of COVID-19

Justice lawyer corona concept A pandemic for the litigious age COVID-19 has come to mean many things to many people, from a global public health crisis to a logistical nightmare to a political hot potato....

Potential CRE Property Improvements To Adapt To COVID-19

Social Distancing in Modern Office With Glass Cubicle. How the pandemic is changing—and could transform—commercial real estate spaces In addition to everything else we can blame on COVID-19, the pandemic has altered what’s important in...

5 Reasons Commercial Real Estate Occupiers/Tenants Benefit from Using a Tenant Rep Advisor

Lease Agreement Negotiating the new normal during the pandemic’s fallout and beyond Over the past few months, we’ve written a lot about the impact COVID-19 has had on commercial real estate. In a short span,...

COVID-19’s Impact on Businesses in Broward County

Open sign in a small business shop after Covid-19 pandemic A look at the business environment during the initial response to the pandemic When Gov. Ron DeSantis issued statewide social distancing measures on April 1,...

Millennials on the Move to the Suburbs?

The new downtown is often in suburbia Leave it to the Millennials. Regardless of the misplaced blame that generation receives, there’s no denying that they have single-handedly changed the real estate landscape as much as...