Investment Sales The narrative is essentially unchanged from the prior quarter. Inflation has remained at historically elevated levels and the Federal Reserve continued to tighten monetary conditions in an effort […]
Built To Last
Blueprint's thought leadership series, Built To Last, is a collection of Schack student generated content including opinion essays, research insights, reviews, and more. This section aims to highlight creative thinking and showcase ideas from the next generation of real estate professionals.
Property Crisis in China: The Unfinished Buildings 2022
In mid-2021, Evergrande, the largest real estate development company in China, had liabilities exceeding $300 billion and failed to make interest payments to both domestic and international bondholders. The fall […]
Current State of the Retail Industry
Introduction The current state of the retail real estate industry is nuanced as there are diverse asset types with different positions in the market. For this article’s purpose, I will […]
A Different View of Housing Policy in America
As American As Apple Pie White picket fences. Apple pie. The American Dream. These images are synonymous with middle-class life in America and closely associated with homeownership. This has become […]
Getting Workers Back To The Office
The Covid-19 pandemic prompted sharp increases in office space vacancies but, more importantly, brought upon lifestyle changes that would shift how and where people work–ultimately influencing how modern office spaces […]
The Future of Work
The pandemic is responsible for changing the world in ways we could never have imagined. One of the most impactful changes was the massive shift of the American workforce to […]
Infrastructure for Hydrogen Fuel Vehicles is On Fast Track
Hydrogen fuels have been known for decades. However, for a long time, its production and use in transportation was considered unnecessary in the absence of fuel cell technology and competitive […]
Propy: The Future of Real Estate Transactions
Propy is a Silicon Valley property technology startup that is revolutionizing real estate transactions with blockchain technology and NFTs. The firm’s Founder and CEO, Natalia Karayaneva was frustrated with how […]
Hybrid Debt is Gaining Popularity in Real Estate Financing in Germany
Mezzanine finance transactions have grown increasingly popular in Germany, driven largely due to high residential construction volume and tightening of lending policies by German banks. Although mezzanine finance is a […]
Mass Timber Construction – What It Is, Why We Need to Do It, and Where We Are Now
Introduction Mass timber, also known as engineered wood, is a composite material manufactured in factories and used for building construction at a variety of scales. Mass […]