A franchise operator is retrofitting an existing location in Texas that could serve as a potential prototype for future brand designs.

The results from AIA's fourth Quarter Home Design Trends Survey show growing popularity of multi-generational housing accommodations.

There are areas of the country that are seeing the emergence of new hubs for biolab facilities.

The New York Legislature passed one of the most comprehensive anti-eviction laws in U.S. this week, reports The New York Times. With the start of vaccine distribution, businesses and office building owners turn more optimistic about a real return to the office in late spring and summer of 2021, according to the Wall Street Journal. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index climbed 7.95 percent from October of last year.

In just the past few months, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. said it was leaving for Houston. Oracle Corp. said it would decamp for Austin.

Supermarket chains rethink their reliance on Instacart, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Real Deal ranks the most active New York City developers of 2020. And The New York Times looks at how this year has exacerbated inequality while shielding the well-off from encountering it in everyday life. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

The 30-year U.S. real yield has been negative since mid-June after never falling below zero at any point since at least 2004.

New York City has implemented a policy of grading buildings to help incentivize more efficient energy usage and most structures received D’s and F’s in initial evaluations, reports Gothamist. Forbes examines considerations for how malls will need to adapt in a changing retail climate. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

A look back at some of the most interesting conversations we had with commercial real estate pros in 2020.