REITs Outperform Private Equity Real Estate Funds
With interest rates at extremely lows levels and fears of rising inflation heating up, investors have flocked to real estate investment trusts (REITs) as an investment vehicle. Is it wise to do so, what is propelling this move, and what kind of performance should investors expect? This report will explain why there is a surge in demand for REITs and analyze how they are currently performing and how they have performed historically. 1 REITs are…
The Changing Nature of Industrial Demand
The U.S. warehouse market is booming like the red-hot housing sector, as companies compete for scarce distribution space to meet surging e-commerce demand. The competition is driving up industrial rents as retailers and logistics providers race to move goods closer to population centers, with some engaging in bidding wars for the most coveted sites. Businesses are pushing to deliver online orders faster to the homes of digital shoppers and responding to growing consumer spending that…
2021 Q2 Economic Report
GDP GROWTH: The U.S. economy rose at an annual rate of 6.5% in the second quarter, slightly more than in Q1 but disappointing to economists expecting even healthier growth. Nevertheless, it was a clear signal that U.S. growth has broken free of the pandemic’s suffocating economic effects as the expansion pushed GDP beyond pre-pandemic levels. A year ago, second quarter GDP plunged 31.4% before rebounding 33.4% in the third quarter with subsequent quarterly gains. The…
2021 Q2 North America Market Report
INDUSTRIAL OVERVIEW: E-COMMERCE GROWS AND SETS INDUSTRIAL RECORDS There are a number of records being toppled in the nation’s industrial real estate market, which is consumed by demand for logistics solutions. Net absorption set a record in the second quarter with 134.7 million SF, and record mid-year tenant growth totaled 208.7 million SF, just shy of the net absorption total for all of 2020. More than 200 million SF is set to be delivered…