With all the chatter about rising interest rates, there’s one fact that may surprise you. Historically, they’re not that high. Compared to where rates were, leading up to the COVID pandemic, rates today — although on an upward trajectory — are not much higher. According to this episode’s guest, it’s more valuable to watch the evolving relationship between interest rates and cap rates — a tangled tango that every retailer should appreciate. It’s all part of this opportunity to learn about the Colliers’ advisory specialty that touches on every CRE sector: debt and equity.

In today’s volatile marketplace, keeping track of debt and equity is crucial. Guest Nicole Sayers, Sr. Vice President of Colliers Capital Markets, Debt & Equity, describes how her teams platform paves the way by providing real time guidance to brokers and comprehensive reviews of investment goals for clients and explains to host Anjee Solanki why CRE in the US is often considered a safe bet.

As the world keeps changing, developers are seeking new equity partners. And the buy-in cost will surprise you. Redevelopment in the Retail Space is offering innovative solutions to the longstanding question: What do we do with aging malls? Their elegant answers are being fueled by investors. Additionally, to aid in combating the nation’s housing shortage, developers are deploying innovative debt and equity strategies that will unleash their business plans from pandemic-related pauses and help provide more multifamily properties. Tune in to find out what this means for the future of development. And while you’re listening, catch the unofficial buzz about defining your destiny and commercial real estate, helped by debt and equity.