DC's Best for Commercial Real Estate Investment

By  RUTH SAMUELSON

Updated 8:20 PM EDT, Mon, Jan 5, 2009

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In this difficult market, Washington should be at the top of office investors’ buy list, according to Grubb & Ellis’ Investment Opportunity Monitor.
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In this difficult market, Washington should be at the top of office investors’ buy list, according to Grubb & Ellis’ Investment Opportunity Monitor.

 

Washington D.C., Best Place for Commercial Real Estate Investment in 2009 was originally published on Housing Complex on Jan. 05, 2009, at 4:09 pm

Grubb & Ellis Company, a commercial real estate advisory firm, released its annual investment forecast report. Good news for us:

In this difficult market, Washington, D.C. should be at the top of office investors’ buy list, according to Grubb & Ellis’ Investment Opportunity Monitor, a proprietary market ranking in which Grubb & Ellis annually measures 60 office, 53 retail, 56 apartment and 55 industrial markets against 13 to 17 criteria important to the performance of real estate investments. Washington, D.C., is the one market that will benefit from the credit crisis as the government expands to implement its economic recovery plan.

 

Following Washington, D.C., on the top 10 list are Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Austin, Texas; Dallas-Fort Worth; Houston; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Boston; and Oakland, Calif. The Texas markets offer strong population growth, while the others offer strong population growth as well as natural barriers to entry.

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  • barryN Friday, Jan 16 at 3:27 AM FLAG COMMENT This is interesting! I'm in the retail construction industry and have worked on national projects...we also work with commercial real estate developers but have yet to work in the DC area. Based on bidding opportunities offered to the company our strongest market for steady work has been in CA. I think commercial real estate is a great option for those weary of investing in residential properties. And there are plenty of b ... MORE >
  • Washignton DC Tuesday, Jan 6 at 1:24 PM FLAG COMMENT Editing comments about Washington DC real estate new construction being vacanct with no hope what so ever of occupancy. Well done but everyone knows that ball park area is vacant and DC crime is ever increasing.

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