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As commercial properties have emptied since the pandemic, local government and developers consider using them to meet an ever-growing need for residential properties. But conversion is a complicated process. This article offers five lessons: Most office buildings have features that make them difficult to redevelop. Make sure yours has what it and you need.

You don’t have to choose people OR AI. You can use both, together, effectively. What AI can do is still different than what a human can do—at least for now. Real estate companies are finding opportunities in these differences to have human employees and machine learning applications work together to accomplish things neither could do...

Is “be creative” the new, “do more with less?” Creativity is always called for, particularly with regard to costs and ROI. There’s lots of great information in the article-some of it simple, like “put money toward things that work.” But there’s much more. Create content that’s interesting and relevant, it says and test new channels,...

Woo hoo. Reason to celebrate. Freddie Mac reaches affordable housing goals. Freddie Mac Multifamily reported that its 2023 volume totaled more than $49 billion, including $48.3 billion in financing and more than $883 million in low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity investments. Freddie Mac Multifamily remains a steady provider of market rate loans, helping to...