Mary Diduch

As a percentage of rentable area under construction, speculative office development this year is at the highest percentage CoStar has seen over 13 years.

The sector’s national occupancy rate, based on aggregate statistics from 31 markets, held at 88.8 percent last quarter, according to NIC.

In January, investment sales volume dropped 3 percent year-over-year, with all sectors except for industrial seeing declines, according to Real Capital Analytics.

The proposal puts a greater emphasis on the need for local and state governments to fund projects with private support.

In a Q&A with NREI, Andrew Graiser, co-president of A&G Realty Partners, offers his insight on what the retail transformation looks like and which types of properties might be most likely to come on-line this year.

Forest City’s stock has been trading at a big discount to the consensus estimate, according to analysts.