In a study by Harvard Business Review about the revolution of big data as a management tool, it was found that artificial intelligence used to analyze and apply data to decision making by those at the top of the CRE industry saw an increase of up to 6% in productivity compared to their competitors.

In February, reports from CNBC surfaced that Uber was making moves to prepare for an IPO next year. Lyft, Uber’s main competitor in the U.S. is also laying the groundwork necessary for going public attracting $1 billion from Google’s parent company. At first blush, this news may not seem relevant to CRE, but its impact could be felt in three important ways.

Though Excel has become standard for spreadsheet data tracking across the business and academic world, it has had some shortcomings. For one, Excel for business is expensive, especially when you consider some of the more advanced options now that are free or cost less than $10 per month.

Winn-Dixie is getting a lot of press, but Albertson’s Grocery stores appears to be poised to buy up the stalwart Rite Aid as reported by the WSJ. E-commerce alone is not the reason for these bankruptcies but it has pushed brick-and-mortar to revamp or get out. Here are 5 ways that brick-and-mortar is pushing back in order to survive the e-commerce onslaught:

When employees at Google were asked to rank their favorite things about working there, the games and perks weren’t the biggest lures. It’s the high wages that Google employees earn, averaging nearly three times the national median wage at $140K per year. It’s providing three free gourmet meals a day for employees. It is weeks of vacation time and company trips and holiday parties that are out of this world.

Fintech is sweeping the globe. In the real estate sector alone, according to Deloitte’s recent survey, real estate tech startups grew from just 176 new businesses a decade ago to more than 1,200 in 2017. Investments have increased more than tenfold in RE tech and fintech startups over the last ten years. With all of this capital interest there are 3 key reasons we should be watching RE fintech startups in 2018.

There are NAI Global offices crushing it all over the globe. Last year, we watched some of our North American members soar on social media. Here are 14 of the top NAI offices that made a big splash in 2017.

Despite the widespread perception that brick-and-mortar retail is on the decline, the numbers say otherwise. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) recent emerging trends survey, the long term growth rate for traditional retail sales has remained at a steady 4 – 4.5%. Although the industry is changing, the retail landscape is still strong. Here’s how it is changing, why it’s changing, and what to watch in 2018.

It took about 7 years from the height of the housing collapse for primary markets to rebound. Until 2016, they were still exceeding the appreciation rates of secondary markets, but then secondary markets surpassed them in the second half of 2016 and continue to outpace primary markets.

NAI Global recently revealed that during 2017, it added 15 new office locations and that those investments are already beginning to pay off. Nine of the new locations are in U.S. markets, while six of them are international.

The “Silver Tsunami” is coming by 2030 and in some places, it has already begun. Americans born during and directly following the end of WWII, commonly referred to as Baby Boomers, represent the second largest age demographic group in the U.S. behind millennials. As this massive group moves toward retirement, it is signaling big changes for multi-family buildings of the future.

Pharmaceutical firms and the life sciences sector have been driving significant activity in the Princeton/Central New Jersey submarket for several years, but the market has slowed down considerably since 2016, and the service/business/legal sector have overtaken health sciences as the fastest expanding office sector, according to new research by NAI Fennelly, which has offices in Hamilton and Princeton.