Resource Reviews

Review of Real Estate Capital Markets: Evolution, Structure, Participants

Real Estate Capital Markets: Evolution, Structure, Participants by Merrie Frankel, JD, MBA; Dr. Hugh Kelly, PhD, CRE Emeritus and Constantine Korogolos, CRE, MAI, MRICS Published 2024 One is unlikely to refer or describe a textbook as concise, clear, and highly readable in the same sentence as well-structured, informative and pithy, yet this book is all… Read more

2026 World Cup

The Impact of the World Cup on Philadelphia

Introduction REI’s initial look at the impacts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup highlighted activities and perceptions in Vancouver BC. This article will look at the impact on one of the US host cities, Philadelphia PA. As in Vancouver, there are many unknowns or closely held projections, along with likely exaggerations or minimizations in Philly,… Read more

The 2026 World Cup: To Date a Red Card

Read the introduction to this series by our Publisher here. In June of 2026, Canada’s largest city Toronto, and its third largest Vancouver, will host for the first time in this country’s history, World Cup soccer matches.  Canada’s participation in this the 23rd World Cup, is unprecedented on many levels.  For the first time ever… Read more

Perspectives

Looming Debt Defaults on Office Loans: Implications Of Loan Defaults on Businesses and Society

Reprinted from Real Estate Law Journal Volume 52 Issue 4, with permission from Thomson Reuters. Copyright © 2024. Further use without permission of Thomson Reuters is prohibited. For further information about this publication, please visit  https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/law-books, or call 800.328.9352. ABSTRACT LOOMING DEBT DEFAULTS:  LOAN DUE DATES – Business and Societal Implications Since the start of… Read more

Resource Reviews

Review of Artificial Intelligence: Applications Throughout the Real Estate Industry

Artificial Intelligence Applications Throughout the Real Estate Industry: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Now, and Where We Are Going This book is an outstanding contribution to both the real estate and Artificial Intelligence (AI) sectors. It particularly hit home for me because of its in-depth definition of Artificial Intelligence and Real Estate which… Read more

Perspectives

Critical Steps in Market Analysis for Commercial Real Estate

We at Real Estate Issues have received a request to provide Feature Articles and Perspective Columns on best practices employed by Counselors for our Global Partners’ edification.  We love a series and we are launching the Building Blocks of Real Estate Analysis series. We hope that many of you will feel compelled to write for this series not only for our Global CRE community but also for our nonmember readers (aka Future Counselors),... Read More