Come gather ‘round people wherever you roam because, with apologies to Bob Dylan, in the past year the blockchain and cryptocurrency waters have grown. In less than a year these topics went from obscure lore to a multibillion dollar question on most everyone’s mind. From tokenized securities to decentralized ledgers to smart contracts, blockchain technology
March 2018
The Urge to Merge
By Rick Jones & Crunched Credit on
Will 2018 be the Year of Concentration across our market? “The Urge to Merge” was the title of a January 2, 2007 Economist article. It resonates today. The cover photo was two camels copulating, which some of the Economist readers, surely a high-brow and sensitive bunch, apparently found offensive, as the picture is nowhere to be found on the internet. They would not allow me to republish the pic. A priggish fastidiousness that does not reflect well.
Seriously, 2018 could be the year of significant concentration across much of the CRE non-bank space, and perhaps some portions of the prudentially regulated bank space as well.
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No “Fake News” Here – Just the Facts on HVCRE
By Krystyna Blakeslee & Gina Leahey on
In case you’ve been too busy sifting through fake news to follow efforts to reform the High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) regulations that affect acquisition, development or construction (ADC) loans, here’s where we are and where we think we are going.
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IMN 2018 New Hotel Development and Construction Conference
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Last week IMN hosted an inaugural New Hotel and Development Conference in New York City. The gathering of developers, hotel operators, brands and other hospitality service providers was very upbeat. Many panelists indicated that they were more optimistic now than they had been six months ago. They credited the state of the macro economy and stimulus provided by the recent tax reforms.
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