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Commercial Property
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2007 Down Town Re-vitalization Thoughts
Urban flight and the move of the middle class to the suburbs has changed the dynamics of the way Americans live, work and play. It has also changed our downtowns forever. Additionally, in many small towns where factories have closed nearby and manufacturing jobs have headed for foreign shores we see the downtown areas is boarded up. The sight of this and the closures of small business is enough to make your eyes water. In larger cities much of the middle class has moved out to the suburbs to get away from the crime and the inner city and some of that crime moves with it.
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Commercial Real Estate-Traditional Lending vs. Private Funding
Traditional bank and institutional lending has become outdated in some respects and does not always meet the needs of potential commercial customers. Private investor funding has filled many of the gaps while making investing easier and profitable for all parties involved. Although private funding is not actually lending by definition it is still a highly viable alternative.
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Insurance and Commercial Real Estate
Even though the market for residential real estate has begun to cool, commercial real estate investment opportunities abound. There are other risks in commercial real estate that you can mitigate through third party insurance policies. The most common form is title insurance. Environmental insurance is a new form of risk management that is gaining in popularity with lenders.
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Going Boldly Beyond the Lifestyle Center
Consumers are always looking for something new and exciting, and savvy developers will always give it to them. Some of the country’s most ambitious retail environments are known as Lifestyle Centers. Now, a newer trend called Environmental Retailing is poised to take over retail.
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The Future of Commercial Real Estate
Although serious supply-demand imbalances have continued to plague real estate markets into the 2000s in many areas, the mobility of capital in current sophisticated financial markets is encouraging to real estate developers. The loss of tax-shelter markets drained a significant amount of capital from real estate and, in the short run, had a devastating effect on segments of the industry. However, most experts agree that many of those driven from real estate development and the real estate finance business were unprepared and ill-suited as investors. In the long run, a return to real estate development that is grounded in the basics of economics, real demand, and real profits will benefit the industry.
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Commercial Real Estate Loan Myth Debunked!
Here is the reality concerning commercial real estate from a lender’s perspective: Commercial real estate is considered an investment, not a basic need, such as a roof over your head. You can not purchase a commercial property without some form of equity investment. Oh, and very few commercial loans go full term like residential loans (yes, I know that there are exceptions).
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