Let’s make Labor Day 2026 all about employee ownership
Why this matters
Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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ESOPs in construction create an ownership mentality that helps with everything from surfacing new ideas to having other colleagues’ backs, writes Swinerton’s national retirement manager.
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