Matthew Preston
Content Writer, CRE News & Market Analysis
Matthew has covered commercial real estate for CommercialCafe since 2022. He focuses on the office and industrial sectors, reporting on leasing, development, and investment across national markets and individual submarkets. His work draws on data and original research. He also writes about demographic shifts and urban innovation in U.S. cities. The New York Times, The Real Deal, Bisnow, The Business Journals, and Yahoo Finance have cited his reporting.
Choosing the Right Office Space – Coworking vs Traditional Offices
Coworking or a conventional lease is one of the first real decisions a growing business makes about its workspace, and the answer has become less obvious than it…
What Is A Good Guy Guarantee In NYC Real Estate?
If you were to sign a commercial lease in New York City and you will very likely be asked for a Good Guy Guarantee. It is a personal…
How Opportunity Zones Work
What are the differences between a 1031 tax-deferred exchange and an Opportunity Fund investment? How To Use Opportunity Zones To Defer And Exclude Capital Gains Tax? Where To Find Qualified Opportunity Zones? We provide the answer to this, and more!
How to Become a Commercial Real Estate Agent
According to the most recent report by Dun & Bradstreet, commercial real estate brokerages and property management companies have a combined annual revenue of about $36 billion a…
5 Questions to Ask Before Leasing Office Space
Locating office space for lease involves much more than just searching the web for available listings, driving around town looking for vacant office space, and finding bargains on…
Pittsburgh Takes Top Spot Among Best Midsized Cities for Gen Z
As Gen Z moves into the years when careers are supposed to start and take off, holding onto that talent is a future investment. Consequently, cities that can…
Top 3 CRE Investment Strategies: Core, Value-Added, And Opportunistic Investments
Understanding the top three commercial real estate investment strategies is key to successfully investing in commercial real estate. Check out the must-know essentials about core, value-added, and opportunistic investments.
Everything You Need To Know About Commercial Foreclosures
Get the essentials on what to expect regarding commercial property foreclosures, and the essentials you should know to best navigate the process, whichever side of it you are on.
Everything You Need to Know About Commercial Property Taxes
Once the market value of the commercial property has been determined, the assessor will calculate the assessed value of the property by multiplying the market value by an assessment rate. The assessment rate is a uniform percentage that varies from county to county.
Best Large U.S. Cities for Gen Z in 2026
Seven of the nine top cities in the Midwest made it to the national top 20 best cities for Gen Z, the region to rank the most consistently among the country’s best locations for the pragmatic Z generation to live.
