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One of the dominant themes among institutional real estate investors of the past few years has been the shift toward “alternative” property types.

Ali Zaidi of the Biden administration shared his perspective on the climate crisis during a keynote address at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild International Conference last month.

REITworks session “What Makes a REIT a Sustainable Investment: Investors Share Their Perspectives” discusses investor thoughts on ESG.

Nick Joseph, Aaron Guy, & Howard Penny discuss regional variations in global real estate.

Excessive debt growth is a warning sign of an overheating real estate sector. Growth of commercial mortgage debt has been modest, however, at only half the pace of the prior cycle. Banks have been the mainstay of lending, but life insurers have shown increased appetite for commercial mortgages, and net issuance of CMBS turned positive in the second quarter. 

April and early May capital markets activity was highlighted by the announcement of three large REIT mergers. So far in 2021, U.S. REITs have raised over $26 billion in IPOs and secondary debt and equity offerings.

Energy efficiency, carbon footprint and health and safety requirements for your properties will be required to reach higher and higher levels of compliance, driven by local, state and federal regulations and by the expectations of your tenants and their employees and guests.

Here’s the myth: an increase in interest rates is bad for real estate investors.  Here’s the empirical fact: the historical evidence shows that real estate investors—at least those who invest through exchange-traded REITs—have usually done better during rising-rate environments than when interest rates were declining.

After a summer of record-setting heat across the globe, the prospect of cooler days ahead is a welcome one. Yet it’s a safe bet that the extremes we have witnessed this season will be back again next year and will become regular features of life going forward.

JBG SMITH has long taken a multilateral and collaborative approach to implementing tangible, effective, and strategic ESG efforts.

The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of certain technologies and forced many executives to begin rethinking how to utilize and leverage real estate.

James J. Williams (right) Legislative Director to Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, visits CyrusOne's Northern Virginia Data Center located in Sterling, VA. CyrusOne is headquartered in Carrolton, TX, which is based in Rep. Marchant's congressional district. 

Five of 18 companies to go public have outperformed since 2010.

A few areas—travel, hotels, restaurants and bars, other recreation—were responsible for over a third of the overall economic decline in Q2, yet these categories represent just 6% of the overall U.S. economy.

Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) recently visited with executives from Piedmont Realty Trust and was updated on the company’s current development projects in Georgia and throughout the country.