Industry Research Reports

Trade Wars Are No Obstacle to Industrial Sector—Yet
Nationwide, year-over-year rent growth hit 7.3 percent in the third quarter, according to a new report from Transwestern. A handful of the hottest industrial markets are doing even better.
Investors Optimistic About Tax Reform, Wary of Interest Rates
The latest NREI/Marcus & Millichap Investors Sentiment Survey found enough uncertainty among CRE owners to push the index level back to where it was a year ago.
How Big Data, Machine Learning are Shaping CRE Finance
A new white paper from the MIT Center for Real Estate examines changes and trends in commercial real estate financing that are being driven by these technologies.
Risky Business: Report Ranks Global Investment Hazards
Scope Investors Services looked at 52 countries to assess potential risks of real estate markets and found Australia and the U.S. were the safest for investments and Argentina and Venezuela were the riskiest.
Holiday Retail Outlook: Strong and Creative
In a new report, CBRE sets out four trends that could define the holiday shopping season. Some are smart evolutions of previous trends, while one will seek to build on the ashes of a departed category-killer.
Tech Office Leasing in NYC Continues at Torrid Pace
Office leasing in Manhattan by tech companies exceeded 1 million square feet for the ninth consecutive year, according to CBRE.
Global CRE Allocations Rise, But Still Lag Targets
The latest annual survey by Hodes Weill & Associates and Cornell University examines how the world’s major institutional investors allocate investments to commercial real estate, we well as their sentiment toward the asset class.
European Credit Agency Evaluates WeWork Growth
The report from Scope Ratings and Scope Risk Solutions examines the ability of the high-profile coworking space provider to maintain its growth rate and the risks it poses to building owners.
Markets See Industrial Supply Trail Demand
Marcus & Millichap’s newly released local reports reveal a handful of sector trends in metropolitan areas across the U.S. and Canada for the second half of 2018.
E-Commerce Drives Largest Industrial Leases
A new report from CBRE shows that online retail is behind many of 2018’s largest distribution deals. Southern California’s Inland Empire tops the list with 14 transactions totaling 11.6 million square feet.
RCM-SIOR Report: Strong Industrial Investment to Continue
The e-commerce boom, particularly in last-mile facilities, and economic expansion are among the drivers cited by participants in the annual survey.
CRE Attracts Record $1.8T in Global Investment
Despite its continued strength, New York City drops out of the top five cities for global deals, while Hong Kong rises, according to a new Cushman & Wakefield report.