Category Archives: Broker Business Blog

Amazon extends free rent to small tenants for another month An Amazon spokesperson on Wednesday said the company will not collect rents from the restaurants and other small businesses that operate in its office towers. Amazon has not been collecting rent since March, when the pandemic mandated work-from-home policies. That emptied out office buildings across…

How COVID-19 might affect the commercial real estate market COVID-19 has negatively impacted every industry, including the commercial real estate sector. Whether or not this industry can bounce back — and to what extent — is dependent on several factors. “COVID-19 will usher in a form of real estate Darwinism where only the financially strong…

How Financial Institutions Can Make Their Commercial Real Estate Portfolios Crisis-Proof Over the last few weeks, nonessential businesses across the United States have temporarily closed their doors to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. For many business owners, this has imposed several economic challenges. Even as retailers, restaurants, warehouses and office parks are shut down,…

Save Your Commercial Real Estate Marketing From The Recession Butcher Block Economists are predicting a recession, and some say it’s already begun. But I advise you to wait before you take a red pen to your marketing budget. I know marketing is an easy target for cuts. Businesses want to keep their employees and cut every…