002. CREI Weekly Update: February 22nd, 2021

CREI Weekly Update: February 22nd, 2021

Welcome to the very first episode of The Commercial Real Estate Investor Weekly Update (or the CREI Weekly Update if you’re not up for a mouthful) where each week we’ll be sharing the biggest commercial real estate news stories from around the country. We’ll be covering the Nashville market (where I’m based), which markets to watch, office / retail / industrial / and multifamily updates, and I’m gonna throw a wildcard at you each week from some topic or trend I feel is worth talking about.

Tune in Mondays at 5:30pm CST to ask your questions live!

Articles Mentioned:

○ https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2021/02/04/river-north-update.html

○ https://www.hastingsarchitecture.com/project/river-north/

○ https://fox17.com/news/local/renderings-released-of-possible-massive-renovation-to-nissan-stadium-in-nashville-tennessee-titans-nfl

○ https://www.costar.com/article/965304351/chattanooga-erases-polluted-past-with-fast-internet-focus-on-tennessee-river-for-downtown-revival

○ https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2021/feb/09/pc-magazines-says-chattanooga-best-city-america-remote-work/541307/

○ https://www.bisnow.com/dallas-ft-worth/news/office/48-of-corporate-real-estate-pros-expect-office-footprints-to-shrink-post-pandemic-107714

○ https://www.perenews.com/exeters-fitzgerald-40-of-office-assets-will-become-obsolete/

○ https://therealdeal.com/national/2021/02/10/salesforce-employees-can-work-from-home-forever/

○ https://therealdeal.com/national/2021/02/01/knotel-files-for-bankruptcy-set-to-be-bought-by-newmark/

○ https://www.globest.com/2021/02/11/big-box-cap-rates-drop/

○ https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/retail/plummeting-rents-retail-concepts-fifth-avenue-soho-107704

○ https://www.perenews.com/cold-storage-real-estate-investors-warm-to-the-sector/

○ https://www.perenews.com/post-covid-is-the-logistics-sector-the-new-office/

○ https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/construction-development/construction-still-delayed-supply-shortages-delays-high-prices-107689

○ https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/multifamily/apartment-developers-rethinking-small-units-in-response-to-pandemic-107654

○ https://marker.medium.com/how-a-shadow-army-of-ghost-kitchens-took-over-americas-restaurants-b7ac1a099c8c

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