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Developers and property managers in the Class A space will continue leveraging new technologies and partnerships to bolster amenities implementation in order to keep pace with increased demand from affluent tenants, while also aiming to stave off the competition from the looming single-family home space. While COVID-19 presented several challenges to the multifamily segment and More

Mark Hamilton, Founder/CEO — Hamilton Zanze Real Estate Investments Mixed-used development will follow the ongoing out-migrations from major urban areas to suburbs, secondary and tertiary markets, especially those with accelerating home prices, as consumer spending will follow newly established homeownership. For multifamily, we expect strong absorption in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, suburban Oregon, Washington and Virginia, More

The average consumer has become used to convenience, as evidenced from the uptick in services such as online ordering, curbside pickup and home delivery. This preference for convenience has spilled over into medical services, as seen by the popularity of urgent care facilities taking up retail spaces. Unlike costly emergency room visits or time-consuming doctor More

Acquisition pipelines and strong lending terms for buyers has led to a groundswell of purchases in the Class A segment. Count on hold periods to average between five and 10 years in booming markets like the Southeast, while longer holds can be expected in the Northeast and Central markets, as demand is down and investors More

Count on property management growth to be a key trend of 2021, as the booming single-family home market will continue to threaten the profitability of the multifamily sector. As such, property managers will be a valuable touchstone for companies, needing strong customer service and overall management to set communities apart from the lure of single-family More

Expect the Southeast to prolong its dominance as a hot market, a trend that will likely continue well into 2022. Built-up liquidity as a result of the pandemic will see a bevy of acquisitions as large investment firms will likely be aggressive when it comes to snatching up properties. Despite the surge of demand in More

Mark Hamilton, Founder/CEO — Hamilton Zanze Real Estate Investments We anticipate mixed-use development will occur primarily in urban core locations or close by and will likely entail retail and lifestyle retail under medium-density residential. Adaptive re-use and re-purposing will likely occur in similar areas, and also in suburban, secondary and tertiary markets We are currently More

Indoor swim instruction tenants have proven to be viable and recession-proof, especially as landlords look to fill shuttered big-box space in their neighborhood shopping centers. Swim instruction tenants guarantee foot traffic and are a retail segment unaffected by online ordering trends that can reduce daily customer counts. Also, as opposed to other educational school tenants, More

In light of new post-pandemic era shopping trends, the concept of purchasing essentials via convenience stores and grocery stores is experiencing a shake-up. Expect new trends to arise in grocery and convenience stores that cater to contactless purchasing options, whether through tech-enabled in-store shopping, drive-thru concepts or delivery-based stores. Conversely, as the public begins venturing More

Expect ample available financing for multifamily construction this year, with most lenders expected to return to the space by the second half. Construction lenders who remained active during the pandemic will likely become more aggressive with their underwriting as the economy continues to improve. Other lenders who paused have already re-entered and are eager to More

The acquisition pipeline will maintain strong growth throughout the rest of the year with companies such as Sentinel Real Estate Corporation, Fogelman Properties, Bell Partners, RanchHarbor, Westgrove Partners, Time Equities and Ashcroft Capital finalizing or approaching deals to grow portfolios amid value-add opportunities. Battleground markets such as Florida and Texas will continue to be hotbeds More

Expect the mixed-use segment to experience strong performance throughout the rest of 2021, as fallout from pandemic isolation has led to increased demand for the convenience of commercial properties combined with residential spaces. This can also primarily be attributed to an existing trend of growing millennial tenancy; a demographic that, pre-pandemic, had already shown a More