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Commercial occupancy at the building has fallen from 100 percent to 84 percent.

(Bloomberg)—Trump Tower, the Manhattan landmark home to the president and his namesake real estate company, has

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Forbes looks at the range of real estate investment options. Charming Charlie is going out of business, reports Chron. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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Lululemon opened a new store at Chicago that will function as a fitness studio and allow visitors to borrow Lululemon clothes to work out in.

(Bloomberg)—Lululemon Athletica Inc. is

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New York City tech boom adds millions of square feet in office space, reports the Wall Street Journal. Opendoor, the online direct home sales startup, partners with Redfin Corp., a real estate brokerage, according to Bloomberg. These are

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While both asking and effective retail rents are trending up, the anemic growth reflects worries about continuing store closures.

Despite continuing U.S. store closures, retail rental rates are trending slightly higher, and some argue that the overall retail

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Availability of skilled labor and local tax incentives are some of the deciding factors for manufacturers’ site selection.

The trade war with China may aid the return of manufacturing off-shored to China over the

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Potential home buyers are facing far fewer competing bids than they did even a year ago.

(Bloomberg)—Here’s how rapidly the U.S. housing market has

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The mall’s owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, is adding more food and fitness options.

(Bloomberg)—There are always crowds at the shopping mall inside the Oculus transit hub in lower Manhattan: commuters rushing to their trains, tourists wandering about

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While lenders are remaining disciplined, they feel there’s plenty of demand for industrial space and single-family rentals.

As this real estate cycle stretches out, the availability of financing for

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The risks of a global recession are rising, and central banks may have limited ability to contain the damage, according to The New York Times.

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