New IRS Notice Extends Several Opportunity Zone Deadlines
The Opportunity Zones Database
Opportunity Zone investments got a boost in 2020
The Real Deal
Shuttered N. Portland Rite Aid to become city’s newest homeless shelter
The Oregonian
Could California’s Shopping Centers Be a Housing Fix?
Bloomberg
NYC Landlords and Retail Tenants Team Up to Survive
The Wall Street Journal
$100 million OK'd to help Oregon businesses pay commercial rents
Portland Business Journal
Gov. Brown announces appointment of Sophorn Cheang as director of Business Oregon
Portland Business Journal
U.S. Bankruptcy Tracker: Hotel Filings Rise Amid Virus Spike
Bloomberg
Businesses Adapt Better to Covid-19 After Lessons Learned From Spring Surge
The Wall Street Journal
A year ago, women outnumbered men in the U.S. workforce, now they account for 100% of jobs lost in December
CNBC
Even women in the C-suite are burning out during the pandemic
Fast Company
Recession With a Difference: Women Face Special Burden
The New York Times
How Leading Companies Are Innovating Remotely
MIT Sloan
Strapped local governments are turning to private developers to finance their projects
The New York Times
The 5 factors that will drive post-pandemic consumer behavior
Fast Company
Wildfire smoke now causes up to half the fine-particle pollution in Western U.S.
Los Angeles Times
Beyond Meat signs a big lease. The rest of L.A.’s office market struggles
Los Angeles Times
Is there a Better Way to Collect Data on Homelessness?
Bloomberg CityLab
Empty office buildings are still devouring energy. Why?
Fast Company
Alternatives Outlook 2021: From optional to essential
J.P. Morgan
Socially-Conscious Loans Attract Europe’s Alternative Lenders
Bloomberg Green
Retail Tenants Leverage Pandemic Stress for Better Lease Terms
The Wall Street Journal
Your office will likely survive the pandemic. Your desk may not.
The Wall Street Journal
What Makes Building Ventilation Good Enough to Withstand a Pandemic?
Bloomberg CityLab
Bellevue-based Aegis Living buys 10 senior living facilities in $350 million joint venture
The Seattle Times
Arcimoto preps for expansion with $10.25M Eugene property deal
Portland Business Journal
A new lens on real estate design
MIT News
Logistics real estate activity breaks records in Q4
Freight Waves
Modernizing Commercial Real Estate through Technology Transformation
D Magazine
What Japan’s Disaster-Proofing Strategies Can Teach the World
Bloomberg CityLab
A Twist In Style: How Distressed And Bankruptcy Investing Is Different This Time
Forbes
Ex-Brigade Partner Hawks Is Said to Plan Distressed-Focused SPAC
Bloomberg
California and Texas Fought Covid Their Own Way, Suffered Just the Same
Bloomberg
Paycheck Protection Program application starts: What to know about the new small-business loans
Fast Company
How a Baltimore design initiative is rethinking cityscapes to promote economic recovery from COVID-19
Brookings
This Could Be the Best Year on Record for Job Growth
The Wall Street Journal
Mental health innovation is important for economic recovery and upward mobility
Brookings
What transformative placemaking taught us in 2020, and how it can help build a better future
Brookings
Fortnite Creator Is Buying a Dying Mall to Develop New Headquarters
The Wall Street Journal
Robinhood Wants More Female Investors. So Does Everyone Else.
The Wall Street Journal
Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2021
The Wall Street Journal
The Radical Architecture of Tomorrow Already Exists
Bloomberg
The case for large cities in a post-pandemic world
Vox
The Use of Knowledge in Urban Development
Foundation for Economic Education
Frank Gehry’s Luxury New York City Skyscraper Has Everything—Except Enough Tenants
The Wall Street Journal
New York Real Estate Begins Its Recovery
The New York Times
New York City’s Economic Recovery Is Years Away, Fiscal Watchdog Says
The Wall Street Journal
Imagining the city of the future has value. But leave whiz-bang tech out of it
Fast Company
The Main Street Lending Program let banks sell the government 95% of every credit extended, but some balked because would-be borrowers had lost so much business
The Wall Street Journal
Economic recovery, corporate taxes and mergers and acquisitions are expected to be top of mind for many finance chiefs
The Wall Street Journal
The ex-CEO of Haven—Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan’s just-ended health venture—on what he’s learned as a surgeon, researcher, and entrepreneur
Fast Company
Health-Care Companies Shake Off Disrupters, Make Deals
The Wall Street Journal
Mezz lenders are gunning for distressed developments as defaults increase
The Real Deal
Marathon Raises $2.5 Billion for Pandemic-Fueled Distressed Fund
Bloomberg
Distressed debt specialist Howard Marks warns on corporate borrowing burden
Financial Times
City Apartment REITs Await the Return to the Office
The Wall Street Journal
Property investors want to buy grocery stores, but may struggle to convince retailers to part with them
The Wall Street Journal
Millions of new jobs will emerge in health care and tech as society ages and digital transformation changes the nature of work
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of Offices When Workers Have a Choice
The New York Times
Commercial real estate’s looming distress problem
The Real Deal
Commercial Real Estate’s Pandemic Pain Is Only Just Beginning
Bloomberg
Blumberg Joins Rush of Property Firms Raising Funds for Distressed Deals
The Wall Street Journal
Our Digital Lives Drive a Brick-and-Mortar Boom in Data Centers
The New York Times
Demand for Big-Box Warehouses Soars Under E-Commerce Surge, Report Says
The Wall Street Journal
Cerberus Enters Joint Venture to Amass Cold-Storage Property
Bloomberg
Life Science, MOBs Aiding Healthcare REIT Recovery in 2021
Nasdaq
Bioscience 'factory of the future' could bring 400 jobs to the Portland Area
Portland Business Journal
What will the future of cities be like?
Fast Company
Sustainable cities after COVID-19: Why Barcelona-style green zones could be the answer
Fast Company
Old US shopping mall finds secret to survival as Covid rips through retail
Financial Times
The Dying Mall’s New Lease on Life: Apartments
Bloomberg CityLab
Modular Construction Meets Changing Needs In The Pandemic
The Seattle Times
New York’s Real Climate Challenge: Fixing Its Aging Buildings
The New York Times
Why honing your company’s culture should be a top priority in 2021
Fast Company
Covid-19 Vaccine Outlook Prompts Businesses to Dust Off Return-to-Office Plans
The Wall Street Journal
America’s ‘other’ employment crisis
Fast Company
Pandemic Reshapes U.S. Employment, Speeding Changes Across Industries
The Wall Street Journal
How the chaos of 2020 will shape the next decade, according to 8 design experts
Fast Company
Covid-19 Propelled Businesses Into the Future. Ready or Not.
The Wall Street Journal
About $126B worth of commercial properties could sell at distressed prices
The Real Deal
Commercial Real Estate Investing Statistics 2020
Million Acres
Commercial Real Estate: 2020 Year in Review
Million Acres
For the Retail Industry, 2020 Was a Wild Ride
The Wall Street Journal
What's In Store for ESG Investing?
Morgan Stanley
The office, reimagined: The nature of office work is shifting, and so must downtowns
Brookings
Retail revolution: The new rules of retail call for small business empowerment
Brookings
Separate and unequal: Persistent residential segregation is sustaining racial and economic injustice in the U.S
Brookings
Why the Office Isn’t Going Away
The Wall Street Journal
What’s next for remote work: An analysis of 2,000 tasks, 800 jobs, and nine countries
McKinsey
Co-ops in the Time of Covid
The New York Times
The pandemic proved cities have far too many ultraexpensive apartments. They shouldn’t forget it.
Slate
Midtown Is Reeling. Should Its Offices Become Apartments?
The New York Times
Empty Hotels Find New Life as Governments House the Homeless
Bloomberg
The 5 Biggest Real Estate Investment Opportunities in 2021
Million Acres
Arcimoto targets Florida, its first non-West Coast state, for electric vehicle sales
Portland Business Journal
Designing cities for shorter distances, not faster speeds
Brookings
Restaurants Are Setting Up Shop in Empty Hotel Suites
Bloomberg
The Pandemic’s Toll on Tourism Has Yielded a Few Silver Linings
Bloomberg
Helping Workers Displaced by the Covid-19 Economy
The Wall Street Journal
U.S. Manufacturing: Why 2020 Was the Bottom of a Long Decline
The Wall Street Journal