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 […]
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The Impact of Inflation on Real Estate
Commercial real estate is commonly thought of as an asset class that is a good hedge against inflation. Some characteristics that make commercial real estate an attractive investment to protect […]
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 […]
REITs & the Future of Forests
Wood is having a moment. The past year has seen demand for lumber at an all-time high—driven by record housing starts and the building of outdoor structures during the pandemic. […]
Is the future of iBuying in trouble?
The world of iBuying has grown significantly in recent years. In Q1 of 2021, the country’s top iBuying companies bought around 15,000 homes, almost double from the previous quarter and […]
Research in Focus – The Digital Infrastructure: The Impact of 5G and Edge Computing on Real Estate by Scott Robinson, Dylan Litt, and Jess Solley
This month’s Research in Focus highlights NYU Schack’s very own Professor Scott Robinson, covering findings in his recent research The Digital Infrastructure: The Impact of 5G and Edge Computing on […]
Biden’s Infrastructure Impact on Real Estate
Real estate investors, whether active or passive, should take note of Biden’s infrastructure plan and what areas will be impacted most. One of the key defining evaluation points when looking […]
Debt Crisis Amongst Chinese Real Estate Companies
Back in September, China’s second largest real estate developer Evergrande gave the world flashbacks to the Lehman Brothers collapse and the onset of the 2008 housing crisis when they announced […]
Limits of Affordable Housing
The 80-story, 1,200-unit project at 130 Liberty Street is the only residential project at the World Trade Center site. This project, also known as 5WTC, is expected to have 25% […]
NY Brownfield Cleanup Program and Tax Credit Analysis
Brownfields are parcels that are complicated due to real or perceived environmental contamination. New York has a brownfield cleanup program (BCP) that encourages the private sector to clean up the […]