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91 articles
Commercial Real Estate · October 27, 2026
Nobody Is Paying $6 Million an Acre for Dirt
Avison Young has powered land in Northern Virginia above $6 million an acre and unpowered land near $4 million. Altus Group tested 80 verified land deals and found committed utility load to be the strongest predictor of price. On October 9, FERC threw out most of the framework PJM wrote to govern how that load connects.
Commercial Real Estate · October 23, 2026
Your Buyer Keeps Asking for More. Here's When to Stop Saying Yes.
Most deals aren't lost at the LOI. They're renegotiated, one reasonable request at a time, before the PSA is signed.
Global Investing · October 19, 2026
The 33% Premium Buys a License You Don't Control
Branded residences pass 1,000 developments this year, and the document that decides your resale is a management agreement the condominium is rarely a party to.
Global Investing · October 12, 2026
The Heirs Are Buying Now, and They Don't Buy Like Their Parents
Generational wealth transfer is reshaping luxury demand. Most advisors are still pitching to the people who built the fortune.
Commercial Real Estate · October 2, 2026
Sometimes the Smartest Exit Is Selling the Whole Mountain
Lot-by-lot sellout gets you a projection. A bulk sale gets you a number. Destination developers should run both.
Global Investing · September 25, 2026
The Brand Premium Is Real. So Is the Brand Risk.
Buyers pay a significant premium for branded residences. Very few underwrite what happens if the brand leaves.
Global Investing · September 18, 2026
A Passport Is Not an Investment Thesis
Grenada gets interesting when the property still makes sense after you remove citizenship from the conversation.
Global Investing · September 2, 2026
Saint Lucia’s Real Luxury Is Restraint
The island is not trying to outbuild the Caribbean. It is protecting the scarcity that makes people want to own there in the first place.
Global Investing · August 21, 2026
Saint Lucia Is Two Markets, Not One
The north can earn while you are away. The south can wait for you. The most expensive mistake is buying one while expecting the other.
Commercial Real Estate · August 14, 2026
Run a Portfolio Health Check Before the Market Runs One for You
Rates are easing, capital is flowing, and optimism is back. Which is exactly when owners stop looking at their own portfolios — and exactly when they shouldn't.
Global Investing · August 7, 2026
The Second-Home Buyer Has Gone Global. Has Your Strategy?
The most interesting buyer conversation I had this quarter started with a Louisville-area client asking about lake property and ended, four questions later, in the Algarve.
Commercial Real Estate · July 30, 2026
Defensive Income Is the New Alpha
Medical office, net-lease, self-storage, senior housing: the boring end of the market is quietly outperforming — and for sellers of these assets, the buyer pool has never been deeper.