Author Bios
Mariwyn Evans writes about commercial real estate for REALTOR® Magazine. You can reach her at mevans@realtors.org.
How can cities attract and maintain the innovation that drives growth? Also, some unlikely hot spots from the last year.
There are many reasons to feel positive about the state of commercial real estate finance. CRE loan originations for the second quarter of 2012 were up 25 percent over the same period in 2011, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. And a growing number of lenders are looking beyond gateway cities and Class A assets when making loans, says Constantine Korologos, managing director with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services in New York.
Renter demand and tight supplies are fueling expansion in the apartment sector.
