Commercial Real Estate Reports

Monthly reports tracking key trends across the country’s top office and industrial real estate markets: Keeping an eye on lease rates, vacancy, sale transactions, and development pipelines, as well as offering insights into the possible effects of significant recent news and industry trends on market evolution in the near future.

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Renovations Ranked: U.S. Cities with Most Office Building Renovations in Last 2 Decades

Our study found that at a national level, renovations have been trending downwards since a few years ago, while cities on the East Coast are seeing more renovated buildings relative to their total inventory.

Retail sales reached an all-time high in Q3 2020

E-Commerce Riding High Ahead of Holiday Shopping Season, Brick & Mortar Retail Shows Q3 Comeback

Sales estimates show that e-commerce stayed close to the record numbers recorded in Q2 2020, while in-store retail recovered after a difficult quarter.

Innovation in the USA: Mapping 4 Decades of Patent Activity

A look back at national patenting activity across the past 44 years: the economic importance of U.S. innovation, the essential relationship between the corporate patenting model and small business invention, which U.S. corporations have dominated the race for intellectual property, as well as mapping the distribution of patents and patent applicability across industries and the country.

Searches for office space are on the upswing, reaching near pre-pandemic levels

CRE Rebound Update: 40% of Tenants Ready to Lease, Online Interest Strong

Key Findings: Google trends point toward rising interest in commercial real estate (CRE); CommercialCafe also recorded traffic growth between May and September According to a CommercialCafe survey, only…

us energy sales during covid lockdown

Lights Out! U.S. States Where Energy Consumption Rose or Fell During Lockdown

COVID-19 has put a damper on the hubbub of our interconnected societies, forcing us into an economic cooldown. As a result, the effects have spilled over into the…

U.S. Cities and States Incentivizing Remote Workers - featured image

U.S. Cities & States Incentivizing Remote Workers

A multitude of companies were forced to move their operations online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some cities and states in the U.S. are providing incentives and programs to help out experienced digital nomads and prospective remote workers alike.

Home Office Survey Working from Home

Survey: 58% of People Making a Change Want a Larger Home with an Office

Key takeaways: Nearly half of remote workers are working in their kitchens, living rooms or randomly around their houses; only 36% have a dedicated space for work Even…

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The Most Popular U.S. Office Buildings, According to Wikipedia

Beyond serving the simple purpose of providing companies with office space, some office buildings also become world-famous cultural icons due to their unique design or remarkable history. From…

Top 10 US Cities Best Prepared for Telecommuters

For many years, working from home was a lifestyle choice; now, it’s a necessity. Social distancing and stay-at-home orders forced more and more companies to scale up their…

Best US Cities by Public Parks and Walkability

Ranked: Best US Cities for Public Parks & Walkability

In addition to more city dwellers seeking live-work-play environments in which it is convenient to live without a car, walking became the safest social distancing transport option when running errands or commuting to and from work, during the onset of the 2020 pandemic. But there is more to walkability than functional purpose – greenspace of generous proportions distributed equally across our urban environments has significant positive effects on our quality of life. Check out the best US cities for public parks and walkability.