CRE Takes on COVID-19 Food Insecurity

In response to economic hardship, commercial real estate companies from coast to coast are focusing on providing food to people in need. Since the start of the COVID-19 shutdowns, some 42.6 million workers have filed jobless claims. That economic disruption is making food security a top priority for …

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Best Places to Work

Ah the office. For the last two months most of us have not been to our company's physical headquarters or satellite branches — wherever it was that we would hang our hat during the workday, pre-coronavirus. What those workspaces will look like as we return will undoubtedly …

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5Qs for Sandy Sigal on shutdowns, re-opens, and Holiday 2020

NewMark Merrill (no relation to that other Newmark) owns and/or manages some 70 outdoor centers in California, Illinois, and Colorado. It has landed on several fastest-growing private company lists, largely due to its owner and CEO’s penchant for recruiting top tenants, marketing them actively, and making his …

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NewMark Merrill Makes Community Involvement a Major Focus

GlobeSt.com chats with CEO Sandy Sigal about the company’s efforts focusing on the relationship between neighbors, tenants and shopping centers and why it is now more important than ever. NewMark Merrill CEO Sandy Sigal has always believes in helping and supporting the community, but now his efforts have …

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Distressed Real Estate Market Beckons Opportunistic Buyers

  Investment firms are sitting on “a staggering amount of dry powder” as they wait for big property discounts brought on by the pandemic.   Hoping to take advantage of wreckage in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, investors are preparing to snap up commercial real estate at rock-bottom prices. Long …

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