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.
Top U.S. Metros for Internet Connectivity & Speed
Most U.S. households are now online as roughly 90% have a broadband subscription, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, with rates climbing above 95% in…
Top Skills of Successful Commercial Real Estate Brokers
The best CRE brokers are constantly learning, able to analyze market and property data, and know how to work with different people and personality types.
Overview of the Different Types of Commercial Real Estate Leases
Key Takeaways Commercial leases fall into six main structures: percentage, single net, double net, triple net (NNN), modified gross (MG), and full-service gross (FSG). Each structure shifts a…
A Brief History of the Skyscraper
How did humans go from five-story walk-ups to buildings that brush the clouds? The answer is a surprisingly short chain of inventions — and an apparently bottomless appetite…
What is a Tenant Broker?
Finding the right commercial space takes more time and expertise than most business owners anticipate. Lease terms run long, markets shift, and the details of a poorly negotiated…
10 of the Most Exciting Coworking Spaces in Los Angeles
In a city as diverse, exciting and glamorous as Los Angeles, it’s not hard to find an equally effervescent coworking scene, ready to entice professionals and some of…
How to Sublease Your Office Space
Not all commercial leases give a tenant the right to sublease. When office leases do allow subleasing, they often include restrictions on subletting. A few examples of such restrictions are listed here.
8 Ways To Increase Commercial Property Revenue Without Raising Rents
Lease income is the foundation of any commercial property’s financial performance, but it is rarely the ceiling. For owners focused on net operating income, the more useful question…
How to Calculate and Use a Cap Rate
The capitalization rate, or cap rate, is one of the first numbers any commercial real estate investor looks at. It tells you, in a single percentage, what yield…
What’s the Difference Between a Tenant Broker and a Listing Broker?
A broker is a broker, right? Not quite. In commercial real estate, the word covers two roles with very different jobs — and hiring the wrong one, or…
