Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation rate rose to 21.3 percent in December 2022—the highest since the end of 2017, according to Asharq Al-Awsat (reporting data from CAPMAS). MEI reports that by the end of August 2022, international reserves had declined … Continue reading →
Adaptive reuse is the process of taking an existing structure and adapting it for a new use. During 2020-2021, DC opened a total of 1,565 apartments by adaptive reuse, surpassing all other cities and accounting for 5.6 percent of the … Continue reading →
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) announced yesterday that rail service to Washington Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County will commence on November 15. The Silver Line Extension includes a new rail maintenance and service yard (the largest in … Continue reading →
According to UBS, the term “bubble” refers to a “substantial and sustained mispricing of an asset, the existence of which cannot be proved unless it bursts.” Typical signs of a bubble include “a decoupling of prices from local incomes and … Continue reading →
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has announced that the 11.4-mile Dulles extension is operationally ready and can open by the Thanksgiving travel period, subject to approvals from the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission (WMSC) of two submissions—a data-driven Return … Continue reading →
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., the North American subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen, has signed a 20-year lease agreement for a new logistics facility at Port Freeport, Texas. The new hub will enable Volkswagen to import approximately 140,000 vehicles per … Continue reading →
Total U.S. construction starts fell by five percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $932.3 billion, with nonresidential building starts declining 14 percent and residential starts declining six percent, according to Dodge Construction Network. Year-to-date, total construction … Continue reading →
Adaptive reuse is the process of updating an existing structure and adapting it for a new use. In 2020 and 2021, a total of approximately 32,000 converted apartment units were delivered to market, according RentCafe, with Philadelphia and Washington, DC … Continue reading →
Development yield, also known as yield-on-cost or “going-in cap rate,” is a metric used in real estate development. It is the yield potential for a new development project and is calculated as the project’s first stabilized year net operating income … Continue reading →
A Brookings report breaks down the component costs for a mid-rise (four- to six-story) multifamily project into three categories (land costs, hard and soft costs) and estimates the contribution of each category to the total development costs as follows: Land … Continue reading →