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.
How to Choose Office Space for a Startup
Choosing startup office space isn’t one decision, it’s a series of trade-offs between cost, commitment, and how your team actually works. The right choice depends less on what…
7 Things To Ask When Touring a Coworking Space
Touring a coworking space in person tells you things a website never will. The quality of the WiFi, the noise level at peak hours, whether phone booths are…
The Real Impact of AI on Commercial Real Estate
Two years ago, AI in commercial real estate meant chatbots, predictive maintenance pilots, and panel discussions about what was coming. Today it means brokers writing listing copy in…
What Is A Triple Net Lease?
A triple net lease shifts most of the costs of owning a building from the landlord to the tenant. The tenant pays base rent plus their share of…
5 Steps to Close More Commercial Real Estate Deals
Most commercial real estate deals fall apart after the price is agreed, not before. The negotiation gets done, the LOI is signed, and then something between letter of…
Understanding Commercial Real Estate
Commercial real estate is a term you hear constantly, and it covers more than most people expect. A downtown office tower qualifies. So does a self-storage facility, a…
How Commercial Real Estate Wholesale Works
The wholesaler has found a property with an unbelievably good price, and even when the updating costs and wholesale fee are added in, the buyer accepting the assigned contract still has a property that’s well below market value.
A Short History of Coworking
Twenty years ago, coworking barely existed as a concept. Today, somewhere between five and six million people head to a shared workspace every day, in cities as far…
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.
