If you want to know how broader mega trends are impacting commercial real estate investment, you can’t do better than CBRE’s Spencer Levy. We were the lucky ones to have him deliver the opening keynote at EDR’s PRISM conference at …
Are opportunity zones the “greatest thing since sliced bread?” or a “scam?”
On Tuesday in Manhattan, I moderated a track at the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York’s Fifth Annual Real Estate & Lending Summit, titled Opportunity Zones: Clarity on …
The agency’s action brings its appraisal threshold in line with federal bank regulators.
The U.S. Small Business Administration just announced an important change to its 7(a) and 504 loan program appraisal requirements, effective March 26, 2019. This development brings the …
NOTE TO READERS: The following article was published by WithersRavenel, a full-service civil & environmental engineering firm in North Carolina. EDR selected one of their environmental scientists for our new Developing Leaders mentor program.
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“The larger banks are very disciplined in their commercial real estate lending, but when you get beyond that segment, there’s a significant competitive force that’s being applied to banks from the non-banks.”
Last week I attended a terrific …
Minor Revisions to Environmental Policies and Procedures
Just three weeks after the federal shutdown ended, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued a new SOP 50 10 5. Version (K) will supersede the current version J when it becomes effective on …
NOTE TO READERS: This article was just published in the inaugural edition of the CLRM Journal, a publication dedicated to construction lender risk management and distributed to construction lenders and equity capital providers nationwide. The article is reprinted here …
Last summer, EDR conducted its 2018 Benchmark Survey of Environmental Consultants. Nearly 500 consultants from across the U.S. took the time to share their thoughts on such hot-button issues as average pricing and turnaround time for Phase I environmental site …
“Due to the lapse of government funding, SBA will remain inactive until further notice.”
As we all settle back into work in the New Year, be aware that the partial federal government shutdown that began at midnight on December 21…