Globest Sectors

There has been a number of trades in the Washington DC area in recent weeks as the year is winding to a close.

Investors are looking for strategic bets. Could areas around ports be a prime spot for industrial developers?

For a while the REIT had been selling off its Washington DC-Baltimore area properties.

Duke will pay more than $500 million for a national portfolio developed by Bridge, which has even more space ready to sell.

Although it has seen a great deal of construction in the past few years, users still demand more space in this hot distribution center.

“We continue to see tremendous interest in value-add opportunities in the Florida markets."

Manhattan posted 9.48 million square feet of leasing activity in the third quarter, which was 10.6% higher than volume registered in the second quarter and 15.1% more than deals closed in the third quarter of 2016.

While many cities attempt to tackle the workforce housing issue through legislation and subsidies, private real estate markets can and should allocate more capital than they currently do to the sector, writes EquityMultiple's Soren Godbersen in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> commentary.