Industrial

This is the last full week of International Women's History Month so it seems appropriate to take a breather and shed a little light on women in CRE who have forged new paths and inspired colleagues in the process.

Griffin Cogorno will serve a president of the company, which now has 50 million square feet and $10 billion under management.

Apartments, industrial, retail and hotels all saw cap rate compression in the second half of last year.

The moratorium was imposed on Wednesday and is in effect until further notice. The action by Cambridge comes a day after Boston Mayor Martin Walsh instituted a construction ban in the City of Boston. To date, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has not called for a construction work stoppage statewide.

Buyers are hitting the pause button as they take the time to survey the new landscape.

The deals were announced on Wednesday by the three major automakers. Following Thursday evening shifts, Ford is temporarily suspending production at its manufacturing sites in North America to March 30 to thoroughly clean its facilities to protect its workforce and boost containment efforts for the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The coronavirus has brokers guessing as to how this will affect leasing in the short term, and Avison Young says leasing activity is likely to have a degree of decline in transaction volumes compared to pre-crisis expectations.

The low industrial vacancy and lack of large distribution centers in the market have created a tight warehouse market.