Multifamily’s trillion-dollar tango
By Georgia Kromrei | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
Multifamily lenders and policymakers have taken much the same approach with evictions and mounting debt during the pandemic: Put things off and hope the rental market’s problems resolve themselves before it’s too late. That...
Multifamily’s trillion-dollar tango
Compass’ IPO means payday for these investors
By E.B. Solomont | January 15, 2021 11:23AM
Compass investors could be in line for a windfall when the residential brokerage goes public later this year. Since...
Compass’ IPO means payday for these investors
Here are the big winners from Opendoor’s IPO
By E.B. Solomont | January 15, 2021 11:27AM
Opendoor’s IPO last month crowned CEO Eric Wu a billionaire. It quintupled the value of SoftBank’s stake to $2.3...
Here are the big winners from Opendoor’s IPO
Inside mall owner Namdar’s rapid growth story
By Sasha Jones | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
At the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville, Florida, roaches roam freely, the air conditioning is broken and the roof...
Inside mall owner Namdar’s rapid growth story
The Closing: Ray McGuire
By Erik Engquist | January 15, 2021 11:30AM
Ray McGuire’s path from “the streets to the suites” is made-for-movie stuff. Growing up poor and fatherless in Dayton, Ohio, he worked his way into the elite boarding school Hotchkiss, then Harvard for undergraduate,...
The Closing: Ray McGuire
Seismic shifts in the flex-office market
By Rich Bockmann | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
Montreal-based Breather, a company that rents workspaces by the day, made a bold announcement last month that reverberated throughout the world of flex-office operators. “Breather, in its current form as an operator, doesn’t make...
Seismic shifts in the flex-office market
Compass’ IPO means payday for these investors
By E.B. Solomont | January 18, 2021 01:44PM
Compass investors could be in line for a windfall when the residential brokerage goes public later this year. Since...
Compass’ IPO means payday for these investors
Hospitality startups pick at carnage of failed rivals
By E.B. Solomont | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
Almost everything has remained the same at 70 Pine Street — the oak floors, modern furnishings and colorful art...
Hospitality startups pick at carnage of failed rivals
These startups want to guarantee your rent
By E.B. Solomont | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
As millions of Americans struggle to pay their rent on time, investors are betting on a crop of new startups to help landlords get their money. Companies like Flex, Till and NestEgg have raised...
These startups want to guarantee your rent
Behind the biggest real estate crowdfunding implosion
By Sylvia Varnham O'Regan and Mary Diduch | January 15, 2021 11:37AM
Johanna Trujillo invested $20,000 in what seemed like a sure thing — a piece of Manhattan real estate. She...
Behind the biggest real estate crowdfunding implosion
NMHC chair David Schwartz on rent control fights and multifamily’s mission
By Hiten Samtani | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
Homes aren’t just homes anymore. During Covid, they’ve become offices, schools, gyms, places of worship and date spots, combining...
NMHC chair David Schwartz on rent control fights and multifamily’s mission
Biden’s fair housing face-off
By Kathryn Brenzel | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
For decades, New York City has offered communities an enticing deal: Approve new housing and locals will get half of the affordable units. But in 2014, the Obama administration warned the city that so-called...
Biden’s fair housing face-off
Hard money, hard decisions: Nonbank lenders face pressure to deal with problem loans
By Keith Larsen | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
Downtown Capital Partners, an alternative lender based in White Plains, New York, fired off a note to All Year...
Hard money, hard decisions: Nonbank lenders face pressure to deal with problem loans
LA’s scandal response: status quo
By Matthew Blake | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
The FBI brought down the hammer last year on Jose Huizar’s alleged criminal enterprise, stating that the former Los Angeles City Council member milked developers for more than $1 million in payments and gifts,...
LA’s scandal response: status quo
This office redeveloper is going all in
By Akiko Matsuda | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
It was hard to miss the dozens of hardhats on lunch break as they poured out of a 20-story office building on Manhattan’s Far West Side. Some ducked into nearby shops, while others lined...
This office redeveloper is going all in
What last year’s biggest real estate lawsuits mean looking ahead
By Kevin Sun | January 17, 2021 01:00PM
Partnerships crumbled, billion-dollar condo plans collapsed and commercial bankruptcies climbed. While there’s never a shortage of conflicts in a...
What last year’s biggest real estate lawsuits mean looking ahead
Outsiders for years, NYC yimbys move into mainstream
By Orion Jones | January 15, 2021 11:40AM
It was a Wednesday night in April 2019, and Will Thomas was outnumbered. Only two other members of pro-housing...
Outsiders for years, NYC yimbys move into mainstream
For real estate, a year like no other
By Danielle Balbi | January 15, 2021 11:45AM
“Unprecedented” may have been overused in news stories this year, but no word better describes the events of 2020. The coronavirus pandemic defined the year, claiming several hundred thousand American lives and wiping out...
For real estate, a year like no other
Zoom rooms and more space: What celeb buyers want during the pandemic
By Dan Latu | January 18, 2021 05:00PM
In South Florida, the rush of celebrities started with the Super Bowl. “There were an incredible amount of celebrities...
Zoom rooms and more space: What celeb buyers want during the pandemic
Here are NYC’s 10 biggest investment sales of 2020
By Rich Bockmann | January 15, 2021 11:48AM
New York’s investment sales market is often seen as a barometer for real estate the world over. And as...
Here are NYC’s 10 biggest investment sales of 2020
NYC’s 10 most active developers of 2020
By Kathryn Brenzel | January 15, 2021 11:51AM
Construction timelines were disrupted across the city this year as sites deemed unessential were shut down. Still, work at many projects — including some of the largest ongoing developments — either qualified as essential...
NYC’s 10 most active developers of 2020
What will make or break New York’s residential market in 2021
By Erin Hudson | January 15, 2021 11:55AM
Housing markets in other parts of the country have been seeing record high prices and an increase in demand...
What will make or break New York’s residential market in 2021
South Florida’s biggest residential sales of 2020
By Katherine Kallergis | January 15, 2021 11:59AM
South Florida’s ultra-luxury home market boomed in 2020, setting new records throughout the pandemic. Buyers from high tax markets...
South Florida’s biggest residential sales of 2020
Bezos, Geffen, Katzenberg dominate LA’s biggest resi sales of 2020
By Matthew Blake | Research By Orion Jones | January 15, 2021 12:02PM
In Los Angeles, there should be little debate about the “V” shaped recovery of one very specific sector: Ultra-luxury...
Bezos, Geffen, Katzenberg dominate LA’s biggest resi sales of 2020
Editor’s note: Miami mania
January 17, 2021 01:00PM
It seems like the whole world is heading south for the winter — and staying there. Since the pandemic hit, South Florida — despite seeing an enormous number of Covid cases — has benefited...
Editor’s note: Miami mania
