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Fall 2019 Thought Leadership Series: French Office and Retail Trends

In this analysis of the French commercial real estate office and retail markets, Bill Beauclerk, Managing Director of BG Carre' in Paris, provides a closer look at these two key industry verticals. The office market in Paris is facing historically low vacancies with historically high rates. The retail market, tied to a French economy that

Fall 2019 Thought Leadership Series: San Francisco Bay Area CRE Trends

It's no secret that high occupancy costs and low vacancy rates are the norm for those operating in the commercial real estate market in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ed Del Beccaro, East Bay Regional Manager, of TRI Commercial/CORFAC International in Walnut Creek, CA, discusses how life sciences and technology companies are continuing to fuel

Fall 2019 Thought Leadership Series: Delaware Retail Market Analysis

In Delaware, the lack of a retail sales tax is resulting in prospering malls, increasing Big Box development and the growth of mixed-use properties. Joe Latina of Patterson-Woods Commercial Properties, Inc./CORFAC International in Wilmington breaks down the region's hottest commercial real estate retail market property trends. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40w_WFINN8w Learn more about Patterson-Woods Commercial Properties, Inc./CORFAC International.

Fall 2019 Thought Leadership Series: Los Angeles Industrial Trends

In markets like Los Angeles where supply is very tight, users, owners, tenants and landlords alike must think ahead to ensure their space needs are met. Frank Schulz III, SIOR, of The Klabin Company/CORFAC International, which serves the greater Los Angeles commercial real estate market, explains how they are advising their industrial clients to successfully

Meeting Demand for Industrial Space in Winnipeg

Artist rendering of the Plessis Business Park, 22 acres of industrial land in east Winnipeg that Shindico has acquired and is in the process of developing. Winnipeg, the largest city in Manitoba, Canada, has seen steady expansion in population, job creation and industrial space demand over the past several years. Growth in industry sectors such

Managing the Last Mile

Five years ago, e-commerce giants focused on building mega-warehouses at the edges of large population centers where land was cheap and plentiful. Today consumer expectations have shifted to a desire for quick delivery - sometimes within mere hours. Retailers are now focused on the last mile in the distribution cycle. How are retailers and industrial

Office Space Evolves: Is Less More in Today’s Market?

https://youtu.be/PIskKmy7l6A When it comes to making office space decisions, tenants are continuing to find that less is more. For nearly a decade, increasing mobility among office space users has prompted companies to lease fewer square feet to operate their businesses, said Mason Capitani, SIOR, of L. Mason Capitani/CORFAC International in Troy, Michigan. As a result,

Macro-Level Factors Drive Toronto’s Commercial Real Estate Market

By Ray Lyons, CCIM, MRICS, SIOR, Realty Advisors Ltd., Brokerage/CORFAC International, Toronto, ON Currently, there are a wide range of macro-level factors driving Toronto’s commercial real estate market. The balance of supply and demand is driven largely by the strength of the economy and job creation, which affects the demand for various types of real estate

Global Corporations Set Sights on Orange County, CA

By Eric Hinkelman, Voit Real Estate Services/CORFAC International, Irvine, CA Over the past 36 months, the type of company that has targeted the North Orange County’s commercial real estate space (traditionally this region’s industrial real estate market) has shifted from aerospace and defense-centric, to a more diverse, international blend of service-related companies. Many of the

San Francisco Commercial Real Estate: The Non-Tech Squeeze Is On

By Tom Martindale, SIOR, TRI Commercial/CORFAC International, San Francisco, CA San Francisco’s commercial real estate market continues to be fueled by the tech industry, but a range of factors indicate a cooling trend could be on the horizon. Tech Continues to Rule the Office Market Just when it seemed 3 million square feet of deliverable office