Lucian Alixandrescu, Author at CommercialCafe

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18 Fascinating Panoramic Shots, Live Webcams & Virtual Tours from Around the World

July 14, 2020| Design & Architecture, Featured, Skylines| Views: 0

Most likely, your travel plans for this year have gone out the window. With travel restrictions in place and the hospitality industry only partially reopened, it looks like we...

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Expert Insights: Francisco Acoba Discusses CRE Recovery Paths, Process Automation & More

June 19, 2020| Design & Architecture, Featured, Office, Q&A| Views: 0

Commercial real estate, and offices specifically, will likely undergo major shifts as a result of COVID-19— at least in the short-term — to ensure that employees can return...

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Expert Insights: Terry Coyne on Ohio CRE, Reshoring & More

June 11, 2020| Office, Q&A| Views: 0

For this edition of our Expert Insights series, we had the pleasure of chatting with Terry Coyne, vice chairman of Newmark Knight Frank’s Cleveland-based team. Terry has served...

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Expert Insights: Robert “Skip” Weiler on Ohio CRE & the Future of Retail

June 5, 2020| Industrial, Office, Q&A| Views: 0

As a part of our Expert Insights series, we invited several commercial real estate experts to talk about the current challenges and opportunities the real estate market is facing...

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TikTok Signs Lease for 232K SF in Durst’s One Five One

June 2, 2020| Commercial Real Estate News, Featured, Leasing, Office| Views: 0

Digital conglomerate Byte Dance — the parent company of video-sharing app TikTok — has signed a 10-year lease for 232,000 square feet of office space in One Five One, an...

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Expert Insights: Mike Bond Discusses CRE’s Latest Trends and Future Prospects

June 2, 2020| Featured, Office, Q&A| Views: 0

Mike Bond is a senior lecturer in finance at the Eller College of Management, having previously taught at Cleveland State University. He earned his PhD in Financial Economics in...

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Hines Interest LP Buys 49.5% Stake in One Madison Ave

May 20, 2020| Adaptive reuse, Commercial Real Estate News, Featured, Office| Views: 0

Real estate investment, development and management firm Hines Interest LP and the National Pension Service of Korea purchased a 49.5% stake in One Madison Ave., a $2.3 billion,...

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Expert Insights: James Marian of the University of Arizona Analyzes CRE Trends

May 20, 2020| Featured, Office, Q&A| Views: 0

The next few months will be very important for how the commercial real estate market recovers. The worst of the COVID-19 outbreak seems to be behind us, and while investors and...

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Expert Insights: Joshua Simon Talks CRE Tech, COVID-19 and the Arizona Market

May 15, 2020| Q&A, Technology| Views: 0

Opinions vary on how COVID-19 might affect the real estate market. While the economic downturn caused by the pandemic is likely to be felt throughout the sector, commercial real...

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E-Commerce Survey Findings: 7 in 10 Respondents Consider Buying Groceries Online

May 5, 2020| Featured, Retail, Survey| Views: 0

The degree to which we rely on information technology and habitual use of the internet has intensified during the coronavirus  pandemic. Specifically, one of the sectors...