Category: Observations

Video Montage of Comments About Sea Level Rise from Miami Developers and Brokers

Oct 25, 2019 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

In this short video, a set of Miami developers and brokers offer their views on the effects of sea level rise on the Miami real estate market. These comments were made backstage at a TRD forum held recently at Mana Wynwood. Among those that commented are: Melissa Rose, Managing Director at Ackman-Ziff; Phil Gutman, President […]

Video: Watch Dorian’s Cone of Uncertainty Evolve as it Moved Near Florida

Sep 04, 2019 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

  In this quick clip sure to be fascinating for all in the Miami area, whether owners of commercial property or not, one is able to watch the probability cone, aka the cone of uncertainty, for Hurricane Dorian change over time as the storm progressed through the Atlantic. For those of us that lived through […]

Estimating 2017 Commercial Property Sales Volume in Miami-Dade County

Jan 27, 2019 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

A big mystery is always exactly how much commercial real estate trades in a given year. The data is murky. Even if the county data is reviewed, many transactions show a total amount for a set of parcels for each of the parcels within, resulting in double counting of those sales, and many sales show […]

Get Real; Miami was Never a Viable Choice for Amazon

Nov 15, 2018 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

A Guest Editorial by Wolfgang Tweraser The only thing Miami / Florida can offer Amazon is that Bezos went to school in Florida and the tax advantage? Maybe he doesn’t want to go back to where he went to school? Knowing the school system in Florida, I would not be surprised. Tax advantage? Many other States […]

Keyes Commercial Leads Full Year 2017 Miami-Dade MLS Ranking

Mar 13, 2018 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

Listings · Off-Market · Contact In the  twelve months ending December 31, 2017, The Keyes Company Commercial Division, commonly referred to as Keyes Commercial Realty, yet again dominated the Miami MLS market share broker rankings for number of sales transactions of commercial improved properties within Miami-Dade County.  The firm’s impressive 22.9% – nearly a quarter – share among the top 10 […]

Video: Jed Reagan of Green Street Advisors Explains “Healthy Skepticism” Regarding Real Estate Development

Mar 23, 2017 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

In this video, Jed Reagan, Senior Analyst at Green Street Advisors discusses how how his company assesses development.  He shares an observation that active developers tend to underperform less active developers. Office REITs have become on the more active side with regard to development as this cycle has progressed but have been generally more disciplined […]

Video: Jay Parsons of RealPage Provides a Multifamily Market Update and Forecast for 2017

Feb 08, 2017 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

Jay Parsons, Vice President for MPF Research at RealPage, goes on The Commercial Real Estate Show to provide an update on the multifamily property market and to make forecasts about multifamily property investments for 2017. Jay Parsons oversees the research, analysis and services teams at RealPage. He has written commentary pieces for numerous publications, including GlobeSt, […]

Keyes Commercial Leads Full Year 2016 Miami-Dade MLS Ranking

Jan 12, 2017 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

View Listings · Contact In the  twelve months ending December 31, 2016, The Keyes Company Commercial Division, commonly referred to as Keyes Commercial Realty, once again dominated the Miami MLS market share broker rankings for number of sales transactions of commercial improved properties within Miami-Dade County.  The firm’s impressive 28.6% share among the top 10 brokers of such properties was more […]

Miami’s Biggest Retail Property Deals in 2016 with Google Streetviews

Jan 11, 2017 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

copied from here down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #1: The Palms at Town & Country, Kendall Topping the list was the $285 million sale of the Palms at Town & Country in July. Weingarten Realty Investors, based in Houston, Texas, bought the 70-acre open-air shopping center in Kendall. The seller was TIAA, a New York-headquartered financial services provider for academics and government […]

Miami’s Biggest Hotel Property Sales in 2016 with Google Streetviews

Jan 03, 2017 - Observations - 0 Comments - Standard

  //// all below here copied EDIT@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ////From South Beach to Fort Lauderdale, hotel properties were hot tickets in South Florida’s commercial real estate market this year, often fetching top dollar from investors looking to grow their foothold in the region. Even with news of a possible oversupply in some cities and the Zika virus […]