Return To Office Plateaus At About 50% Even As Employers Crack Down

June 28, 2023 / no comments

U.S. office workers are back at their offices roughly 50% of the time, according to data by Kastle, and that has been the case since the beginning of 2023, suggesting an emerging plateau for office occupancy.
Kastle’s Back to Work Barometer came in at a national average of 49.8% for June 21, up slightly from the week before, but down slightly from the week before that. Kastle calculates office usage in 10 major metros nationwide.
After the seasonal drop in usage in late 2022, the national average has hewed fairly close to 50%, which is more than last year, when it slowly rose from about…

Wall Of Multifamily Maturities Dead Ahead: $4B In October Alone

June 28, 2023 / no comments

A tall wall of hard-to-refinance debt in the formerly high-flying and still in-demand multifamily sector is coming in October and November, according to a new report by Gray Capital.
In October alone, well over $4B in commercial mortgage-backed securities loans associated with multifamily properties will come due, and November’s total will be nearly $4B, multifamily investor Gray Capital reports, citing CoStar data. Those totals don’t count non-CMBS loans, so the actual total will be even higher than those figures.