Construction

REITs Pause Acquisitions as Private Operator Expands Into Four New Markets

Société immobilière Bélanger moves into Ottawa, Calgary, and Edmonton as institutional capital focuses on NOI and asset sales. The multifamily investment landscape is undergoing a...

Ohio Legislator Says Overlapping Permits Force Developers to Get Same Approval Twice

Ohio developers face a permitting problem unrelated to market demand or project quality, according to Brian Lorenz, Director of Planning and Permitting for the...

Policy Specialist Warns California’s Supportive Housing Pipeline Is Stalling on Unfunded Operations

California has expanded its permanent supportive housing stock in recent years. Still, Brad West, Policy Specialist at the Supportive Housing Alliance, warns that the...

Kansas City Developer Warns on the Hidden Cost of Ignoring Local Politics

Institutional investors entering secondary markets often overlook how neighborhood opposition and complex entitlements can derail otherwise viable projects, according to a Kansas City developer...

Texas Markets Are Diverging in Ways Most Investors Don’t Recognize, Real Estate Veteran Says

Industry veteran Sergio Grado, who has worked across Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio for over two decades, says Texas’s major real estate markets...

Labor Crisis Drives Up Costs in Texas Commercial Real Estate

A severe labor shortage in landscaping and grounds maintenance is quietly pushing up costs and complicating project timelines for commercial real estate developers across...

Downtown Akron’s Development Momentum: Strategic Conversions Drive Urban Growth

Downtown Akron is in the midst of a development surge, with 700 to 800 residential units in various stages of planning and construction across...

PinPoint Analytics Brings Pricing Transparency to Public Construction Bidding

For decades, public construction contractors have bid on projects with little reliable data to inform their pricing, leading to inconsistent bids and lost revenue....