Commercial Real Estate

Commercial banks in California are much different today than they were in the 1950s. One of the most dramatic changes is the shrinking number of banks in the United States. There were 13,200 banks in 1955, and there are now only around 5,300 such institutions. After...

Commercial real estate investors in California and across the country can expect lower returns in 2017 and 2018, according to a senior executive from the Pension Real Estate Association. The gloomy forecast reflects an uncertain market that will have to adapt to...

Real estate investors in California are probably aware that prices for commercial real estate in most sectors have gone back up to their pre-recession levels. After the economic downturn in 2008 and 2009, there were many properties left vacant. Now that prices have...

Augmented reality has put itself in the global spotlight thanks to the success of Pokémon Go. It is expected that augmented and virtual reality will become an $80 billion market by 2025, and it may be a technology that allows brick-and-mortar retailers to...

The rise of e-commerce and online shopping has been hard on brick and mortar retailers, and many shopping mall operators in California and around the country have looked to restaurants to fill large retail spaces vacated by anchor tenants like department stores and...

Entrepreneurs in California and around the country often face some important and difficult early decisions. While business owners may not be short of advice when deciding on the appropriate business entity to adopt or what kind of order fulfillment system to use,...

California commercial real estate developers who own lower-quality malls or multi-family properties may soon find that their ability to secure needed financing will be hampered. Current market and regulatory pressures combined with what industry insiders call a wall...

California residents have no doubt heard about the United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union. After the Brexit vote was tallied, the U.S. stock market had a decidedly negative reaction to the event as stock prices went down on June 24. However, shares of...

A multinational investment firm based in California has predicted that commercial real estate values around the country are set to fall by as much as 5 percent in the coming 12 months. Pacific Investment Management Company made the prediction in a report released on...

Commercial real estate investors may be aware that the retail sector has been having problems since the recession and has still not fully recovered. However, the recession alone is not to blame. The rise of Internet shopping has also been a significant factor and has...