Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost The U.S. commercial real estate market is finally poised to pick back up after years of muted transactions. More deals sound like a good thing, right? But for commercial real estate lenders, it could be a double-edged sword. Trillion Dollar Triage The pandemic sparked a massive transition to work…Read more
Reinventing Valentine’s Day It’s Valentine’s Day, but before you roll your eyes, get this: It’s no longer just a holiday for lovey-dovey couples. In fact, with nearly half of U.S. adults being single per the U.S. Census Bureau retailers are setting their sights on a perhaps surprising demographic. Retailers Adjust If Valentine’s Day isn’t just…Read more
Starting from Hero, Got Nothing to Lose Tracy Chapman’s return to the stage to perform her 1988 song “Fast Car” made major Grammy headlines this week. Given the splash of the entire awards show, some other big 2024 Grammy moments are sprinkled throughout the paragraphs that follow because, well, music is life. I replaced “zero”…Read more
