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Industry Trends Insights

KBS Talks Strategy as it Celebrates Three Decades in Business: Q&A with Luke Hamagiwa, VP/Asset Manager of the CRE Firm’s Eastern Region

  • May 18, 2022
Luke Hamagiwa serves as the market leader responsible for carrying out investment objectives throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States on behalf of KBS REIT, pension fund and sovereign wealth fund clients. Within these markets, he is responsible for the execution of strategic business plans for each of the assets within his portfolio along with new acquisition opportunities and joint-venture partnerships.
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Green and Clean: The Importance of ESG for the Built Environment

  • May 9, 2022
Owners and investors in Commercial Real Estate (CRE) are working to attract employees back to the office while contending with trends such as hybrid work, competitors who offer work-from-home options, and the Great Resignation. At the same time, employees are hyperaware of their surroundings — with health and safety top of mind.
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Trends in Hybrid Work and Moving to the Flex Office

  • April 19, 2022
There’s no denying that workforce dynamics have spurred workplace transformation and the changing nature of work necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies that might have never entertained remote work managed to shift their entire workforce to working from home within days in many cases.
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Blend to Win: Is “Phygital” the Future of Retail?

  • April 6, 2022
As the retail sector rebounds from another great disruption, the hybrid approach between physical and digital experiences is gaining steam in the industry.
Culture Industry Trends

How The Great Resignation Is Changing Today’s Office

  • March 30, 2022
The battle is on. It’s perks & pay versus the Great Resignation.
Industry Trends Insights

The Great Resignation — a CRE Contradiction

  • March 23, 2022
With more than 38 million workers voluntarily quitting their jobs, 2021 was dubbed the year of the “Great Resignation” and “the Big Quit,” and the “Great Retirement.”
Industry Trends

Will the Office Sector Follow Multifamily to Record Heights?

  • March 14, 2022
Although the apartment sector leads its office counterpart, their common drivers — sprinkled with some southern charm — could amount to a rising tide that will lift all commercial real estate boats.
Industry Trends Insights

Variables vs. Values: Is a Return to Office Inevitable?

  • February 23, 2022
While COVID-19 variables may cast doubt on office work alternatives, values point to many strong returns.
Industry Trends Insights

Retail Looks for Optimism in the Wake of Covid

  • February 9, 2022
After a bumpy 22 months, optimism may be making a comeback within the retail space. Last year, brands were still in a state of survival witnessed by a seismic swing in eCommerce, changing consumer behavior, and challenged supply chains.
Industry Trends Insights

Despite Unfinished Business, Multifamily poised for Better Times Ahead.

  • February 1, 2022
For the multifamily housing industry, 2022 is here. Along with the new year, there’s a hope for better times as well as a need to clean-up unfinished business.
Industry Trends Insights

Questions Surround the Return of Commercial Office Space in 2022

  • January 24, 2022
What will happen to commercial real estate in 2022? It’s a trillion-dollar question, but the trends that seemed assured and certain just a few months ago are now in flux.
Industry Trends Insights

CRE Conversions: Adaptive Reuse Makes the Most of Existing Assets

  • January 7, 2022
Now may be the ideal time to consider adaptive reuse to convert commercial property to residential or repurposed for a different commercial use.
Culture Industry Trends

Strike a Pose: How CRE is Capitalizing on America’s Selfie Craze

  • December 10, 2021
Fueled by historically high social media usage and more than 4.48 billion users, the cultural phenomenon of taking selfies has become as much of a business opportunity as it is an obsession.
Culture Industry Trends

How Health & Wellness Post-Pandemic is Changing Office for the Better

  • December 3, 2021
In a new era of business, office owners and innovators are increasing their focus and effort on creating healthier buildings for the people who occupy them.
Culture Industry Trends

As Companies Return to the Workplace, How is the Office Evolving?

  • November 17, 2021
As we adjust to the new normal, office investors are determining how their properties can adapt to the shifting needs of today’s workforce and tenants. In a recent Q&A with Chuck Schreiber, CEO and Co-founder of KBS, the CRE executive shared his thoughts on the topic.
Industry Trends Insights

How CRE is Transforming Our Surroundings

  • November 2, 2021
The pandemic has brought a myriad of changes, much of which will have a permanent impression on commercial real estate (CRE). One of the most notable is the shift in consumer behavior and the impact on the environment around us.
Industry Trends

How Ghost Kitchens helped keep the restaurant industry cooking during COVID

  • October 29, 2021
There’s no disputing that lockdowns during the pandemic hit restaurants hard. Many were shuttered forever, but others found new ways to stay in business when dining rooms were, in a phrase, “ghost towns.”
Industry Trends

How Smart Buildings Are Changing Commercial Real Estate

  • September 23, 2021
Before the pandemic, we heard a lot about “location” and “live, work, play.” While those will continue to be important in the future, one of the latest terms in commercial real estate (CRE) is “smart buildings.” For perspective, studies suggest that the smart building market will grow from $66 billion in 2020 to $109 billion by 2025.
Industry Trends

Developing a Property That’s Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

  • September 8, 2021
Luxury ground-up apartment development in Raleigh, North Carolina, offers exceptional amenities and overlooks the popular Midtown Park.
Industry Trends Insights

Office Trends: Behind the Rush to Dallas

  • August 30, 2021
Texas is the trifecta state, a place with warm weather, a zero-percent state income tax and inexpensive housing. But the “Lone Star State” is more than that: it’s also a major office hub centrally located in the U.S., with Dallas anchoring the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metro area — where many of the Nation’s largest tech centers are located.
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