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Liberation Day Part 2 has come and gone, and the U.S. has more clarity on the global trade landscape.

Some of the levies will have CRE breathing easier, but some — including the 35% rate on Canada, a hugely important market for construction material imports — might be worse than the industry feared. Already, tariffs have driven construction costs up anywhere from 6% to 10%.

But at least some of the uncertainty has been chipp...

The rise of AI is pushing data centers to their limits. Calls for bigger, denser facilities are increasing and tenant power requirements are doubling in many markets.

It’s still not enough to meet the needs of today’s market or tomorrow’s users.

On this episode, Bisnow National Data Center Reporter Dan Rabb said keeping the momentum of the data center boom is all about finding power. And while possible solutions abound — mic...

Though a few brave (or crazy) pioneers have dabbled with using crypto in commercial real estate, the industry has mostly sat on the sidelines for years.

The reason: not enough regulation, no stability or guardrails.

This week, that started to change. The passage of the GENIUS Act to create a framework for stablecoins, plus two other bills making their way through Congress, could lead to a rapid rise of building tokenization,...

The One Big Beautiful Bill is now law, and its impact on housing could be massive.

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit received its biggest reform in 25 years, including halving the requirements of how much of its funding must come from municipal bonds.

LIHTC and the Opportunity Zones program were both made permanent, and major adjustments to OZs — including a wave of new zones to come and a new focus on rural areas — could su...

U.S. foreign policy these days is a sea of uncertainty — CRE investors’ least favorite thing. From whipsaw tariffs to taxes seen as “revenge” against international players who don’t fall in line with Trump administration goals, money managers are increasingly tentative to put their money on American soil.

This week, Trepp Senior Research Manager Tom Taylor discussed why it makes sense that some global investors are pulling ...

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is being negotiated in the Senate, and how it gets hammered out could have major implications for commercial real estate. The breadth of possible impacts are huge, from the return of bonus depreciation, which could finally make the math work on deals, to qualified business income deductions allowing CRE to write off more debt and a possible ban on state regulations on AI, which could kill loc...

With the 10-year Treasury hovering near 5% and Trump’s $3T tax plan rattling the bond market, capital costs are surging — and CRE is feeling the heat. 

On this episode, Peachtree Group CEO Greg Friedman dove into how the rising 10-year Treasury is impacting deals, the challenge of supporting exit caps in a rapidly shifting environment, how extend and pretend is hurting deals and why he’s still doing development deals ev...

Between economic whiplash, shifting policies and market volatility that changes by the hour, you need industry insights that cut through the noise. That's exactly why we're launching First Draft Live, a new weekly series that breaks down what's happening, why it matters and what you need to know to do better business.

Join us live on Bisnow.com every Friday at 12:30 PM ET / 9:30AM PT for conversations with the industry's s...

Bisnow has released the fourth installment of the annual story tracking the levels of gender and racial diversity among commercial real estate leaders. On this episode, we break down the latest figures, and examine the current threats that diversity programs in the U.S. -- as well as talk about how backlash and the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action could filter through to the industry.

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Asland Capital's Jim Simmons, speaking at Bisnow’s New York State of the market, on the importance of mixed use developments, raising money from diverse sources and getting affordable housing built in a challenged economic environment.

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More Uncertainty Means Lenders, Developers Need More Partners To Get Deals Closed
Former Ares, Apollo Exec Launches CRE Investment Firm, Buys 2 Apartment Buildings

Distress in real estate is prevalent in industry chatter – and in the headlines, but when it comes to sales, it is still not much of a factor. bIn fact, less than 2% of sales are distressed asset sales in the U.S., according to Jim Costello who is the chief economist at investment research firm MSCI’s Real Assets team.

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CRE Loan Distress Hits 10-Year High As Office Debt Crisis Accelerates
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Danielle Lombardo, the chair Lockton's global real estate practice, on how the cost of insurance is killing deals, and how this "inflection point' will force the industry to work together to find a solution.

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ULI: CRE Insurance Availability, Affordability At 'Crisis Levels'
Insurance Costs Jump 26% For U.S. Multifamily Properties
As Hurricane Idalia Deluges Florida, Property Insurance Exposure Exceeds $...

On this episode, CBRE's Richard Barkham, who is the brokerage's  global chief economist and global head of research. He is talking over why the brokerage has moderated -- but not removed -- its recession prediction and his view on the where interest rates are headed. Also on the episode, distress in office and the impressive turnaround of retail.

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Thomas Yoo, the CEO of Willow River Capital Management, talks about the shifts in Asian investment into USA real estate, managing different cultural approaches to business – and the environment for loan sales. 

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CRE Awaits Signature Bank Loan Sales For Desperately Needed ‘Pricing Signals’

Loan Backed By Manhattan Office Tower Blackstone Gave Up On Set To Hit The Market

Dequity: A Debt, Equity And Capital Markets...