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“Risk-adjusted returns for CRE are favorable to other asset classes over the long term and provide investment diversification,” says Kenn Riggs at Situs RERC.

Delinquencies for CMBS overall have declined each month since last June, says Trepp, although individual property types have seen ups and downs.

GlobeSt.com visited the Cayman Islands last week with Dart Real Estate to see more about how to integrate acquisitions, as well as development of the land the company already owns, in a way that fits into a much larger master plan.

“Hotels are focused on the revPAR index, which can push them to go for occupancy over rate,” says Cindy Estis Green about hotel rate trends at ALIS.

CAYMAN ISLANDS—GlobeSt.com heads back to the Cayman Islands to chat with Dart Real Estate, a subsidiary of Dart Enterprises, about the company's progress on its mixed-use, master-planned community Camana Bay, and what's next.

"Investor sentiment continues to be weak" even amid positive economic news, says chief economist Peter Muoio with Ten-X.

Natural disasters helped spur demand in 2017 and limited construction kept supply in check, but the weak dollar contributed to fewer international visitors last year, experts said at ALIS this week.

Even though the sector has been expanding for nine years, investors' interest has not slackened at all.