Globe St. Amid widespread optimism about the strength of U.S. commercial real estate, a recent Akerman report identified top trends among executives and said that taxes and technology are major elements that will define the CRE trajectory for the next three years.

Forbes Across the commercial property board, access to information that was once limited to CRE brokers who paid fees for such data is now available to the general public for free. This has removed barriers between commercial real estate owners and prospective tenants.

Bisnow As the real estate tech arms race heats up between major commercial brokerages, JLL’s PropTech division, JLL Spark, has launched a $100 million global venture fund to invest in burgeoning tech companies that will transform the industry.

Bloomberg The value of U.S. commercial property deals rose 6.7 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, but higher interest rates and softer demand for office and retail real estate will weigh on the market in quarters to come, Ten-X Commercial said.

Block Real Estate Services' Ken Block wins big SIOR honor
RE Journals – May 31, 2018
Earlier this year, Kenneth Block, managing principal of Kansas City, Missouri-based Block Real Estate Services, earned a Top Transactions award for 2017 from the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors.

NAI Hiffman represents Walker Partners in 46k SF industrial acquisition
RE Journals – June 1, 2018
NAI Hiffman represented Walker Partners in the purchase of a 46,140-square-foot industrial property at 5700 McDermott Drive in Berkeley, Illinois. NAI Hiffman executive vice presidents Daniel Leahy, SIOR, and Adam Roth represented Walker Partners in the transaction with AEW Capital Management.

San Diego hosts First Annual Developers Dinner The SIOR San Diego Chapter hosted its First Annual Developers Dinner, an invitation-only event, in March. Speakers highlighted Southern California with a focus on new investment and development activity in the greater San Diego market.

The SIOR European Regional Council is hosting our second SIOR International European Conference in Warsaw, Poland, June 27-29. This conference will be an excellent opportunity for SIOR members from around the globe to network, learn and do business together. Bring your family, clients or friends! Stay on and book our exclusive post trip to Krakow, Poland, and Vienna, Austria. Click here to register.

 

Join SIOR in the Mile High City, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 11-13 for the commercial real estate event of the fall – the 2018 SIOR Fall World Conference. A robust program of educational sessions and not-to-be-missed networking events is being planned, and you will not want to miss the conference.

Click here for complete details and to register now!

 

Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Chapter SIOR Summer Member Meeting
When: June 13 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (CT)
Where: Saybrook Point Inn, 2 Bridge St., Old Saybrook, CT 06475

SIOR Minnesota Chapter - Vikings Training Camp Tour
When: June 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (CT) 

SIOR International European Conference, Warsaw 2018
Starts: June 27 at 6 p.m. (CET)
Ends: June 29 at 1 p.m. (CET)
Where: Sofitel Warsaw Victoria Hotel, Krolewska 11, Warsaw, 00-065, Poland

SIOR Indiana | Kentucky Recruit Boat Cruise
When: July 12 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Where: White River Yacht Club, 7108 Fitch Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46240

Middle and East Tennessee SIOR Work & Play Day
When: July 18 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (CT)
Where: Nashville Gun Club, 1100 County Hospital Rd, Nashville, TN 37218

Bisnow Young has built one of the largest construction tech companies in the industry, and her goal has been to create more efficiencies on the job site so workers can spend more time with their families.

Fast Company "Reinventing Power: America’s Renewable Energy Boom" doesn’t make a moral case for renewables. It lets people across the U.S. tell their own stories of how wind and solar have changed their lives and benefitted the diverse regions where they live.

Inc. And no, they're not for plugging in your tech.