The former Louisiana Creamery, built in 1927, sits at the intersection of Plank Road and Choctaw, presents an opportunity to anchor the Plank Road Master Plan that was unveiled November 5th at Southern University.

It’s no secret within the commercial lending and investment community that retail is often the property type more institutional capital sources underweight for allocation of investment capital.

A master plan to revitalize Plank Road will be unveiled in November, nearly a year after work first started on the effort.

Advances in technology are shaking up every industry—and commercial real estate is no exception.

If the carnage in the retail industry seemed bad last year, it pales in comparison to the damage the sector is suffering in 2019. Already above the pace 2018 set, U.S. store closing could exceed 12,000 this year.

While increased tariffs on Chinese imports may increase cost to consumers, the current strengthening of the dollar will make imports cheaper. This may make imports cheaper even with the tariff. The attached article explains dollar valuation.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury has unveiled a plan for overhauling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the main thrust of which is to return the government sponsored entities to private control after more than a decade under federal government conservatorship.

The Market Forecast article “Slowing Ahead” in the March/April 2019 Commercial Investment Real Estate magazine of the CCIM Institute outlines expected national trends

On Wednesday the yield curve inverted—that is, yields on two-year Treasury bonds were higher than those on the ten-year bonds—for a short period of time before the markets opened.

“For money you wouldn’t need for more than 10 years, which ONE of the following do you think would be the best way to invest it—stocks, bonds, real estate, cash, gold/metals, or bitcoin/cryptocurrency?”