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Top energy saving tips for commercial buildings
Do you manage a commercial building? If so, ensuring it meets the relevant energy efficiency standards could be absolutely crucial to your profitability. Following these energy-saving ideas for commercial buildings will not only allow you to avoid th…
10 important commercial real estate metrics
In an era where real estate firms are inundated with data, it can be hard to know which insights are the most important to your business. However, it’s even harder to uncover that information in the first place. After all, with such extensive analyti…
8 proven strategies to boost tenant retention
Achieving strong tenant retention rates is a goal on every property manager’s list. Sadly there is no golden answer on how to convince your tenants to stay with you – but there are proven strategies that you can start to implement. …
Managing Mixed-Use Developments
In the property sector, we’re seeing more and more mixed-use schemes and developments being planned and implemented. Projects like the £2.5bn Bankside Yards scheme, which will include office, retail, hospitality, leisure, and residential properties, …
How to calculate the Internal Rate of Return and what it means for the real estate industry
For commercial real estate investors and owners, mitigating risk requires making informed decisions based not only on accurate data, but also on the projected return on investment and rate of return. One such tool asset managers can use to assess the…
How will the Great Disassociation impact commercial real estate?
In our previous blog, we discussed the role of technology in the “Great Disassociation” and how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated existing trends in remote activity and created new challenges for industries where a consumer’s presence is traditio…
The impact of COVID-19 on commercial real estate: Part 1 – the future of retail
COVID-19 is dominating the news agenda, and while the immediate effects are clear, the long-term impact is still very much an unknown – and that’s giving everyone in the commercial real estate industry reason to consider both the near- and long-term …