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Your go-to source for news in the commercial real estate industry, covering all property types and asset classes across the most sought-after markets in the U.S. Stay up to date with news about notable lease deals and the newest sale transactions, recent ground-up construction, as well as redevelopment projects, and more.

Wells Fargo Provides a $140M Refi for Pittsburgh’s Nova Place

Faros Properties has refinanced its $127.5 million debt on Nova Place, an office and datacenter complex in Pittsburgh. Wells Fargo has provided the $140 million refinance, to be…

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How Do You Get A Real Estate License? Follow These 5 Steps

Unless your state recognizes prior real estate experience from another state, as a new real estate agent licensee you’ll need to “hang your license” with an experienced real estate broker for a couple of years.

Ranked: Best 20 US Cities for Startups and Entrepreneurs

Startups create most of the new jobs in this country every year, having a direct impact on the economy of the cities they choose as their homes. From “nonemployer firms,” in which the owners wear all the hats, to unicorn exits that revolutionize industries, they all, in turn, depend on the business environment in which they grow. Read on to find out which 20 U.S. cities stand out as the most fertile ground for startups, and learn about their particular strengths.

Top 7 Common Commercial Real Estate Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

Three examples of creating high-quality content for your CRE marketing campaigns are focusing your message on what you can do for them (instead of talking about yourself), using drone videos to showcase the panoramic vistas your listing offers, and virtual reality to make floor plans and space layouts easier to visualize.

CommonGrounds Workplace Signs 10-Year Lease in Seattle

CommonGrounds Workplace inked 31,781 square feet of space at 1100 Dexter Avenue North, a five-story office building in Seattle’s buzzing South Lake Union neighborhood. The coworking company signed…

Why Your CRE Blog Needs a Content Strategy (and How to Devise One)

Your commercial real estate blog is a vital tool to help promote your listings online. But if you want to set your blog apart from the rest, a…

Office Building of the Week: Colorado State Bank Building – Denver

This week we look at Denver’s Colorado State Bank Building, a Class A office highrise completed in 1980, which nabbed $111M in a transaction closed earlier this year.

Top 10 Best Commuter Towns Near Chicago

Last month, we ranked some of the best commuter towns near Boston by looking at four distinct indicators: commute time, housing values, school ratings and crime rates. We’ve…

How to Use LinkedIn for CRE Marketing

From using video content to promoting your online listings, commercial real estate marketing can become pretty complex. When it comes to social media, LinkedIn is one of the…

8 Team Building Companies for a Better Community Atmosphere

Investing in team buildings and forming a lively, fun community atmosphere for employees should be every company’s top priority. While many regard it as an unnecessary and costly…