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The platform seeks to improve the transaction process within the middle market

The national retail chain is renting 35,000 square feet for another small-format store—this one at the base of a luxury residential tower under construction on the Upper West Side.

“Ground leases are a relatively big idea where the markets rewards investors who are efficient with their capital.”

The economy remains on a very strong track at 3.5% growth and consumer and business confidence are at or near historic highs, and unemployment is at a historic low

High levels of US consumer and business confidence are being fueled in part by low unemployment rates and rising wages both of which continue to have positive effects on the demand for US hotel room night demand.

“We are starting to hear people talk about 15 to 20% for real estate and real assets combined,” says Doug Weill.

With the backlog of Chinese investors waiting for green cards, Emilie Cooper, a partner at law firm Haynes and Boone, and formerly with Kasowitz Benson, says once an easy source of capital, EB-5 visas now face uncertainties.

Multifamily property managers need to start thinking of themselves as technology firms first, or they will be left behind.