The past few years in commercial real estate have had a common pattern: the industry starts the year noting that this could be the one that stops the music, and then ends it with historically high annual transaction volume and price growth.
Will 2020 bring more of the same?
As we kick off another lap around the sun, we gaze once more into our crystal balls to determine which of our expectations will remain status quo, and which larger forces — including affordability, global investor sentiment, and technological shifts — will continue to shape our strategy for the future.
Virtus Real Estate Capital, founded in 2003, brings thoughtful stewardship to the practice of real estate investment, delivering non-correlated alpha via cycle-resilient real estate. Over the last 16 years, Virtus has acquired 251 properties for a combined acquisition value of over $4.6 billion and has fully realized 181 property investments. With a strong and established track record, Virtus has proven to be successful in all phases of the market cycle.
Virtus Presents: The 2024 U.S. Real Estate Outlook
It has been many years since there has been a more dramatic change in commercial real estate ("CRE") markets. The unprecedented interest rate increases from the Great Tightening have had
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Virtus Presents: The 2023 U.S. Real Estate Outlook
It’s been many years since there has been a more dramatic change in commercial real estate markets. The unprecedented…
Recent years have seen immense investment interest in rapidly growing markets outside the general Tier-I “Gateway” commercial real estate markets. However, with a climate of renewed uncertainty and
In this whitepaper, Virtus explores the case for a new class of markets that have benefited from patterns in demographic growth, regulatory policy, and technological advancement over a much longer…
The Effects of Climate Change on Real Estate Investments
The impact of climate change on commercial real estate markets has long been underappreciated due to the pervasiveness and time distance of expected effects. However, that sentiment is beginning to…
The Rising Popularity of Alternative Asset Classes in Core Portfolios (Alts on the Rise)
Despite challenges in accounting for returns and benchmarking performance, alternative asset classes offer defensive or yield-oriented core strategies associated with large institutions along with lower macroeconomic and real estate…
2022—The best of times and the worst of times
Like many of you, we welcome the arrival of 2022. But, despite the euphoric backdrop of most asset classes, pervasive…
The Current State of Disruptive Construction Technologies
Despite skyrocketing costs in traditional construction, advances in construction technology has been relatively muted for several decades compared to other crucial sectors. However, the current moment shows evidence for both
In this whitepaper, we help the reader make sense of this evolving landscape, tracing the current state of “new best practice,” and the most likely trajectory future construction will take
A few key takeaways
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Conventional “modular” construction techniques will continue growing and improving, but their fundamental limits remain.
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The current moment is one of rapidly proliferating tech solutions across all
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Building technology will provide a competitive edge for individual firms or strategies, but will not solve housing affordability alone.
Read the paper here.
About Virtus
Virtus Real Estate Capital, founded…
Virtus Real Estate Capital Closes $578 million for Virtus Real Estate Capital III, LP
Virtus Real Estate Capital ("Virtus"), an Austin-based private equity real estate fund manager focused exclusively on cycle-resilient property types, announced the final close of Virtus Real Estate Capital…