Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commercial real estate negotiations, deals and legal issues. Jun 26, 2020, 08:28am EDT Jun 26, 2020, 08:28am EDT ...

The hospitality industry is facing a critical moment. As interest rates fluctuate, many hospitality groups find themselves squeezed by increasing debt service expenses, a consequence of the Federal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commercial real estate negotiations, deals and legal issues. When a property owner enters into a long-term ground ...

What is a ground lease? The ground lease is more commonly used than one might think. It leverages the value of your land — typically the least revenue-generating segment of your assets — by separating ...

Liquidity in short supply, more than $2T in commercial real estate debt maturing and an office sector struggling to find its foothold in a new world of hybrid work. It would be difficult to recall a ...

Ground leases have been a part of U.S. real estate for centuries, but the profile of the typical user is changing. Owners that held pieces of property for generations often wanted to preserve their ...

Over the Top: The Broad museum was built on land leased from the county. A growing number of Los Angeles businesses are putting down roots on someone else’s land. In order to build or redevelop ...

Four years after modernizing the ground lease, Safehold is seeing increasing evidence of its capital solution unlocking hidden value for building owners across a portfolio approaching $4 billion.

The Federal Reserve’s unusually sharp interest rate hikes since early last year have cast a cloud over most real estate markets and left investors struggling to find opportunities that beat inflation ...

Numerous publicly traded real estate trusts (REITs) have faced challenges in the past year, with returns largely trailing stock market indexes. But REITs that are focused on ground leases — owning the ...