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Know What's Happening in Real Estate
New Owners Propose $1.5B Revitalization of Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza
The Country Club Plaza, the nation’s first outdoor shopping center, faces high vacancy and aging infrastructure. A new ownership group unveiled a $1.5 billion redevelopment plan that would add 750 apartments, about 645,000 sq ft of office space, 278 hotel rooms, a park and expanded walkways.
Canadian home sales declined again in February, falling 1.3% from January and 8.1% versus February 2025 on a non‑seasonally adjusted basis. New listings slipped 3.9% month‑over‑month, pushing the sales‑to‑new‑listings ratio up to 47.6% but still below the long‑term balanced benchmark of 54.8%. The national average home price edged down 0.6% to $663,828, a modest 0.2% year‑over‑year change, while inventory held steady at five months. Analysts expect pent‑up first‑time‑buyer demand to revive activity in the spring, especially in Ontario and British Columbia.
"With supply far outweighing demand, Austin has turned into a firm buyer’s market - giving house hunters more options, more negotiating power and more time to shop around." 😲 https://t.co/d4pZOxWqcs
Canadian residential real estate is down -20% from its peak in 2022, a crash in prices worse than the U.S. in 2008. But no one is talking about it, primarily because the financial system is well-functioning (so far), as creditors do...
February 2026 rental report shows national median asking rent fell to $1,667, a 1.7% year‑over‑year decline and the lowest level in four years. This marks the 30th consecutive month of declines for 0‑2‑bedroom units across the 50 largest U.S. metros....
Home prices in Beijing and Shanghai rose in February, signaling the first uptick in a decade and narrowing the overall decline across 70 Chinese cities to 0.3% month‑on‑month. In Paris, the United States and China concluded their sixth round of...
Workcentral Nigeria has been named “Workspace Solutions Company of the Year 2026 – West Africa,” recognizing its rapid growth in flexible office services. The firm offers virtual offices, private suites, coworking areas, and meeting rooms that let startups and SMEs...
"For many, the California dream has started to slip away," California YIMBY's Nolan Gray said. "But we're not here to talk about problems. We're here to talk about the beginning of a solution." https://t.co/qf01WgUEly
Why did Sacramento's suburbanization extend the to the northeast and southeast, rather than to the north, west, or southwest—toward the prosperous Bay Area? (1/2) https://t.co/fYIcWzLEsu
Landowners eyeing data‑center sales often focus on price per acre, but true value depends on power access, entitlement status, and infrastructure readiness. Buyers typically seek long diligence periods and cooperation to de‑risk the site, aiming to create a shovel‑ready or...
Spot on. We try to fill this niche: in a building where every special interest wants their chunk of flesh, and every ideologue only wants subsidized/income-verified/low-income rentals, we're out here fighting to get housing built for normal, middle-class California families.
RTO keeps grinding higher. February was the strongest since COVID even with NYC snow dragging numbers. Severe Northeast snowstorms weighed on NYC and Boston, while major markets outside the region continued to post YoY gains. 🔗 https://t.co/1IhvNZPYUS https://t.co/uIpOony3hv
Virginia’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C‑PACE) program, authorized by the 2015 Virginia C‑PACE Act, now operates in more than 20 localities, providing developers with long‑term, fixed‑rate financing for energy‑efficient upgrades. Recent transactions in Prince William County, Richmond, and Rockingham...
The Australian government’s expanded 5% deposit scheme for first‑home buyers, launched on 1 October 2025, quickly boosted mortgage activity. ABS data show a 6.8% rise in first‑home buyer mortgages in the December 2025 quarter, translating to a 9.1% year‑over‑year increase. Mortgage commitment values...
UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced she will use compulsory purchase powers to force development of a high‑tech corridor between Oxford and Cambridge, dubbed the "Silicon Valley of Europe." The move is part of a broader growth strategy that includes a...
The U.S. housing market faces a crisis as institutional investors like Blackstone and Vanguard have amassed millions of starter homes, driving up prices for first‑time buyers. President Trump and bipartisan lawmakers are pushing legislation to curb corporate ownership, culminating in...
Senior property‑tax exemptions, which lower the taxable value of a home, are expanding across the United States as retirees face rising assessments on fixed incomes. States such as New York are boosting exemption caps to as high as 65% of...
i used to own an apartment in New York when i left the city, i considered renting it out but laws in NYC horrendous for landlords so i let it sit empty and then sold it would rather lose money than spend...
Bank of America is expanding its lease at One Bryant Park, adding roughly 600,000 sq ft to bring its total footprint to 2.4 million sq ft. The 20‑year triple‑net lease gives the bank control of the entire office tower and part of the retail space, while...
A recent data roundup highlights three pivotal trends: U.S. data‑center construction spending surpassed office‑building spending in December 2025, signaling a shift toward cloud infrastructure. Global semiconductor sales jumped to $82.5 billion in January 2026, a 46.1% year‑on‑year increase. Meanwhile, more than...
Walmart is piloting a rapid remodel program for its Neighborhood Market stores, temporarily shutting the main shopping floors for four weeks while keeping pharmacies and fuel stations operational. The test, covering locations in Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, South Carolina and...
New luxury apartment towers in New York City are generating housing code violations at a rate far above the city average. Roughly 10% of the 1,600 buildings completed since 2016 have at least one violation per unit, averaging 2.1 infractions...
The U.S. pharmacy sector is shedding more than 2,000 stores since 2022, with Walgreens targeting 1,200 closures, CVS 1,170 and Rite Aid exiting entirely after its 2023 bankruptcy. These closures free up prime corner parcels typically 7,000‑14,000 sq ft, which remain highly sought...
Mary K. Simkhovitch, a leading settlement‑house reformer, founded Greenwich House and helped launch New York City’s public housing system in the early 20th century. A close associate of the Roosevelts, she authored influential studies on urban poverty and advocated government‑backed housing....
Pacific Retail Capital Partners (PRCP) has secured leases with four new tenants at Bridgewater Commons, a 1.2‑million‑square‑foot shopping center near New York City. Anthropologie opened a 9,577‑sq ft store in January and Popeyes launched a 644‑sq ft restaurant this month, while Rowan...
Broward Health secured a $97 million loan from UMB Bank to construct a six‑story, 114,000‑square‑foot medical office in Deerfield Beach, featuring 75 exam rooms focused on cardiovascular, neuroscience and orthopedics. The facility, adjacent to the Broward Health North campus, is slated...
The St. Louis Fed’s recent blog warns that housing prices have outpaced wages, citing zoning, low mortgage rates, credit cycles, and investor demand as drivers. The author argues the analysis overlooks the 2008 mortgage‑credit crackdown, which sharply reduced buyer demand...
London Square, in partnership with design studio Echlin, unveiled Ransome’s Wharf, a new residential project in Battersea’s Creative Quarter. The 1.6‑acre development will deliver 118 luxury homes across five dockside buildings and a 19,000‑square‑foot commercial plaza. A public walkway and...
The “Ticket Size Trap” Why Most Investors Get Stuck in ₹2–5 Cr Properties — And Wealth Gets Made Above or Below That This is one of the least discussed rules in Gurgaon real estate. Prices don’t move equally across all budgets. They move in...
Art Data Centres secured final approval for a €1.6 billion, 200 MW data‑centre campus in County Clare after a six‑year legal battle involving environmental challenges and judicial review. The project, approved in 2022 and upheld through appeals, will feature six halls, off‑grid...
The article questions the value of pre‑listing home inspections, suggesting they may dampen buyer enthusiasm and curb bidding wars. It raises the possibility that skipping the inspection could allow buyers to form an emotional connection and submit offers they might...
Portillo’s announced the appointment of Jennifer Pecoraro‑Striepling as its new chief development officer, bringing more than 25 years of multi‑unit restaurant development experience from brands like Papa Johns and Miller’s Ale House. The hire follows a recent slowdown in Portillo’s...
Placer.ai’s new white paper outlines how employers can boost post‑pandemic office attendance by targeting the underlying drivers of employee behavior. Attendance is climbing to a post‑COVID high, yet growth is moderating, indicating a slower, more incremental return‑to‑office trajectory. The report...
Altos: Single family existing home inventory up 1.5% week-over-week. This is the time of year inventory starts to build - and it will be important to track.
Exactly A large group of people have locked in below market shelter costs for decades to come
A new Enterprise Community Partners analysis identified roughly 3,000 parcels of transit‑agency‑owned land—about 8,000 acres—across California that could accommodate up to 240,000 affordable homes. Currently, 22% of this land sits vacant or serves as parking, and most parcels are highly...
The LA apartment brokers hiring untrained, poorly spoken, off-shore call center workers to cold call owners hunting for sale listings are doing serious damage to their reputations.
US spending on offices for computers has now surpassed US spending on offices for humans: https://t.co/fQstRLnjUG https://t.co/LiT7OQpCcC
Massachusetts voters will decide a statewide rent‑control measure in November that limits annual rent hikes to the lower of 5% or the CPI, affecting roughly 70% of rental units. The proposal includes exemptions for new construction, small owner‑occupied properties and...
A jump in "accidental landlords" often occurs when a housing market softens/weakens Some sellers list their home, fail to sell, and then test the rental market—often temporarily—while they wait for for-sale conditions to improve https://t.co/dFiL2EDnQJ
Spending on data center projects in the US has exploded, surpassing offices for the first time at the end of last year. https://t.co/0qR4WGHhjm
Sentinel Data Centers, via developer JGT2 Redevelopment, plans a 1 million‑square‑foot data center on the former International Paper mill in Jay, Maine. The project, slated to begin construction in July, promises 800‑1,000 construction jobs and 125 permanent positions, with a proposed...
Properties are getting into contract pretty quickly. Here's a look at pendings over the past week in the Sacramento region. The good stuff goes quickly if it's priced well, but overpriced stuff will sit. https://t.co/FkJxfXf4uo
Cute project: "WORKac has completed Riverhouse, a compact sustainable residence in rural Rhode Island designed by the practice’s co-founders Amale Andraos and Dan Wood for their own family." #passivhaus #passivehouse https://t.co/LGKrxpkqpm https://t.co/0rXpbTSHPJ
Nevada, once celebrated for affordable housing, is now facing soaring costs that threaten its reputation as a low‑price market. In Las Vegas, investor‑owned single‑family rentals have climbed to roughly 11 percent, far above the national 3 percent average. Clark County’s...
What are some good questions to ask industrial leasing brokers, for someone just getting into hiring industrial leasing brokers?
"Farmstead Road, a community housing scheme in leafy Lewisham, provides an exemplar of blending Passivhaus efficiency with quaint, craft-rich English architecture" #passivhaus #passivehouse #artsandcrafts https://t.co/5w5V0jH9kO https://t.co/5Nf9VsISqa
In the MB515 podcast, Michael Blank outlines a "Live Sample Deal" strategy that lets aspiring multifamily investors walk through a $4 million acquisition in just seven days without actually closing. The method focuses on underwriting, broker negotiations, property tours, and building...
Where are the transactions happening in 2026? Here’s a look at sales volume so far in the wider region within 12 counties. If you work in real estate, where are you positioning your business? https://t.co/kBtzz6MJGL
Derwent London has pre‑let its 136,300 sq ft Network office development in Fitzrovia to data‑analytics giant Databricks. The AI firm signed a 15‑year lease with a break clause in year ten, paying an annual rent of £14.1 million. The deal adds to Derwent’s...
Crescent Heights has launched Panorama, a 236‑unit condominium tower in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead district. The high‑rise, originally built as an apartment building in 1984, was acquired in November 2024 for just over $55 million and re‑configured for luxury condo sales. Units...
