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Ian Schrager is investing in Times Square with a new 452-room hotel, with a nightclub.

(Bloomberg)—Just a few months ago, Vice News published a story with

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Even as worry about over-building spreads, self-storage properties in primary markets go for cap rates as low as 5 percent.

Investors

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Austin is losing some of its quality of life appeal as it attracts Silicon Valley giants.

(Bloomberg)—Three years ago, Brin Chartier went to Austin, Texas, for the South by Southwest festival and decided she wasn’t going to leave. The

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The absence of an existing market for Hudson Yards’ housing component makes the development a “gamble,” according to some in the industry.

(Bloomberg)—Two years ago, Ann Cutbill Lenane

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Cold storage might be the new frontier for industrial real estate investors as online grocery sales grow.

Over the last three years, nearly 1 billion sq. ft. of new warehouse space came on-line, but

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The housing market gained momentum in early 2019, reports the Wall Street Journal. Driverless cars will have an impact on commercial real estate, according to GlobeSt.com. These are among today's must reads from around

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Rising NOIs and more capital raising point to a potential increase in REITs going public this year.

To put it mildly, 2018 wasn’t a banner year for

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Charlotte Russe plans to close all of its 416 locations.

Yet another mall-centric fast-fashion retailer is shuttering all of its stores, leaving vacancies in nine Houston-area malls.

Charlotte Russe, which filed for Chapter

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Dollar Tree will close hundreds of Family Dollar stores, reports CNBC. A San Francisco program for affordable housing seems to be working, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. These are among today’s must reads from

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West Elm and Rent the Runway are partnering to offer consumers rental home furnishings.

(Bloomberg)—Consumers are flocking to rental fashion apparel, so now West Elm Inc. and Rent the Runway

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