Trends shaping the real estate sector

The real estate sector is changing rapidly, and today’s real estate companies must adopt new approaches to address regulatory requirements and financial risks. Here are trends taking shape that will affect how well real estate companies can adapt while still achieving their growth goals.

Global cross-border transaction activity is on the rise

According to analysts, transaction volume totaled $1.1 trillion in 2014, down approximately 7% from the prior year. However, global cross-border transaction…

CH2M is over the Hill: Engineering giant unveils new name, logo

Global engineering firm CH2M Hill has built a new name for itself — without the Hill.

The Douglas County-based company announced Monday that from now on it will use CH2M as its corporate brand name.

“Through the years, CH2M has evolved from a regional engineering and consulting firm associated with first-of-a-kind projects to a global leader associated with some of the largest, best-known infrastructure programs for public and private clients,” said Chairman and CEO Jacqueline Hinman.

Actually,…

Developers make big impact with small urban-core projects

UC-B Properties is making a big impact with small residential projects in Kansas City’s urban core.

John Hoffman, who retired from a 33-year career with Morgan Stanley in 2002, started the development firm that year as Urban Coeur Properties. Ten years later, it was renamed UC-B Properties.

That’s because Hoffman joined forces with Bridger Properties, a similar firm launched by his son-in-law, Lance Carlton, who moved to Kansas City from Boston in 2011 with his wife (Hoffman’s daughter) and their…

Taco Bell will join BJ's Wholesale Club in East Baltimore development

Live mas in East Baltimore? Apparently, Taco Bell is all about the east side of town.

The fast food giant has signed a lease for a new restaurant in a 2,700-square-foot building WorkShop Development plans to build as part of the company’s BJ’s Wholesale Club complex. It will be the second Taco Bell restaurant on the east side; there are also Taco Bell locations inside the beltway on Pulaski Highway on the east side, Patapsco Avenue in South Baltimore, on Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson and on Harford…

Crossroads will get first apartment high-rise

Copaken Brooks and EPC Real Estate Group LLC are preparing to break ground on the first-ever high-rise apartment project in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District.

ARTerra, a 12-story, 125-unit building, will rise from the heart of the arts district at 21st and Wyandotte streets. Aaron Schlagel, vice president of development for Copaken Brooks, said construction will begin in late summer or early fall on the $24 million project, which will include 150 enclosed parking spaces and 2,000 square feet…