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Musk denies report his AI company secures $500 million toward $1 billion funding goalElon Musk has said a report that his artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, has secured $500 million in commitments from investors toward a $1 billion goal is inaccurate.“This is simply not accurate,” he said in a reply to a user post about the Bloomberg article on social media platform X.The artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI is discussing a valuation of $15 billion to $20 billion, though terms could still change in the coming weeks, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.xAI could not immediately be reached for comment.Musk and investors are expected to finalize terms in the next couple of weeks, and some parties are evaluating whether they can get computing power in addition to, or in some cases instead of, xAI equity shares, Bloomberg reported.Last December, Musk said his artificial intelligence company was not raising funds, a day after the startup filed with the U.S. securities regulator to raise up to $1 billion in an equity offering.Musk launched xAI in July last year in response to Big Tech’s AI efforts, which he has criticized for excessive censorship and a lack of adequate safety measures.
Macy's will close these five stores following layoffs of more than 2,300 employeesThe affected Macy's stores are in four states, including two in CaliforniaMacy’s will close five locations permanently. The closures come as part of a move first reported Thursday by the Wall Street Journal that includes the retailer eliminating about 2,350 jobs. "As we prepare to deploy a new strategy to meet the needs of an everchanging consumer and marketplace, we made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce by 3.5% to become a more streamlined company," a Macy’s spokesperson told FOX Business.The company reported in late October that there were around 500 Macy’s locations. It also owns Bluemercury and Bloomingdale’s.The impacted Macy’s stores, located in four states, will hold clearance sales over about 8-12 weeks.(...)
Big developer launches $1bn fund to buy distressed New York officesRXR Realty and Ares Management are betting on a thaw in the commercial real estate marketOne of New York’s biggest property developers is launching a $1bn fund to invest in the city’s distressed office buildings, potentially heralding a new phase in the commercial real estate crisis.Scott Rechler, the chief executive of RXR Realty, one of New York’s largest office landlords, is teaming up with Ares Management, an alternative investment manager that has $49bn in real estate assets.The partners are convinced that a prolonged paralysis in an office market frozen by uncertainty about interest rates and the threat of remote working is now breaking, with many players ready to accept losses to unload or restructure assets.“We have clarity as to where rates are, we have clarity about the future of offices, and which buildings are going to be competitive, and we have a capitulation, I think, to a recognition that values aren’t just bouncing back like they did in ‘08,” said Rechler.“There’s a reset and that this is more permanent.”Leasing activity for US offices picked up in the fourth quarter of 2023, with several large deals announced, also contributing to expectations that activity was resuming in the market after an extended pause.RXR and Ares are planning to target a sliver of office buildings around the city that they believe are still appealing but that may need fresh capital to remain competitive or a restructuring of their debts to reflect the new realities of higher interest rates and slower — or non-existent — rent growth.In what many are now calling a trifurcated market, those buildings rank below the newest and most modern towers, which are still fetching record rents, but above a growing list of older offices that are fast becoming obsolete.“Where we’re seeing the best opportunity is to buy the upper quartile of that middle, class-A part of the market,” Rechler said, arguing that many of those properties had been shunned by lenders and investors desperate to exit the sector altogether. “If you’re able to be almost a stockpicker, you can buy real value at these prices.”Craig Snyder, an Ares partner, said that “the broad, indiscriminate flight of institutional capital from the office sector has resulted in many high-quality properties trading down to historic lows,” and that the partnership was “hoping to identify long-term winners”.Other developers have also been hatching plans to buy distressed office buildings and related debt but have, until now, been frustrated by a lack of willing sellers.Identifying good buildings is an unproven art. One essential is their proximity to public transit. The partners are also measuring mobile phone data, retail activity and other indicators to try to sift the good from the bad.Rechler is the scion of a Long Island real estate family. He was proved prescient during the 2008 financial crisis, selling his company in 2007 and then returning to the market in 2009 to buy about $4.5bn in offices over the next two years. Those towers rebounded quickly after the crisis passed, and then soared in value.This time is different, he believes: it is not a question of the wider financial system seizing up or a lack of liquidity. Rather, the offices themselves are the problem because remote working has reduced demand for space. The sharp rise in interest rates that began in 2022 compounded the challenge for their owners, who needed to refinance loans they took at historically low rates.Some $117bn in commercial mortgages tied to US offices will come due this year, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association, part of a wall of looming maturities that is contributing to expectations of distressed sales. A broader measure by Trepp forecasts $2.2tn in commercial real estate debt maturing over the next three years. Banks have been keen to shed their exposure to commercial real estate, in part under pressure from regulators after several regional lenders collapsed last year. Many investors have also shied away.As a result, office owners have been left with few options to refinance loans coming due or find new capital to pay for improvements necessary to lease their properties. Some — including RXR — have responded by simply handing the keys back to lenders for buildings whose debts may now exceed their value.Ares has shown a willingness to step in where lenders have pulled back. Last year it bought a $3.5bn loan portfolio from PacWest Bancorp, which was then desperate to raise liquidity.Together with RXR, it has seeded the new fund with $500mn. The partners are hoping to raise at least an additional $500mn. “We bring capital and operational expertise and an understanding of what’s happening in the leasing market to know where tenants are going,” said Rechler, noting that they were already in negotiations to buy $1bn in office loans from different banks at varying discounts.Those transactions were playing out behind the scenes. “No one really wants to expose either that they have loans they have concerns about or buildings that can’t fund [improvements] because then tenants stop coming to look at the buildings,” said Rechler. “So this is very quiet.”
Blackstone bids US$3.5-billion to take over rental property owner Tricon ResidentialBlackstone Inc., one of the world’s largest real estate investors, is jumping into the Toronto apartment market by bidding US$3.5-billion for rental property owner Tricon Residential Inc.On Friday, New York-based Blackstone BX-N announced a friendly takeover offer for Tricon TCN-T, which has US$2.5-billion of apartment buildings under development in Toronto and plans to spend US$1-billion on single-family homes in the U.S. Sun Belt.Founded in 1988, Tricon is one of Toronto’s largest rental apartment owners, with plans to build six downtown developments on transit routes in the next three to five years. The company also holds 37,000 single-family homes in cities such as Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Tampa and Phoenix.Tricon faced challenges raising the money needed to develop new properties, along with pressure to improve financial performance from an activist investor. Blackstone, which recently raised a US$30.4-billion real estate fund, said if it’s takeover bid is successful, Tricon will speed up construction of apartment buildings in Toronto.“We are excited that our capital will propel Tricon’s efforts to add much needed housing supply across the U.S. and in Toronto,” said Nadeem Meghji, global co-head of Blackstone real estate, in a news release. In recent years, Blackstone made a series of investments in U.S. rental properties, on the logic that demand for homes is outpacing supply.“Blackstone shares our values and our unwavering commitment to resident satisfaction, and we look forward to benefitting from their expertise and capital as we partner in building thriving communities,” said Gary Berman, chief executive officer of Tricon, in a news release.Blackstone already owns approximately $14-billion of real estate in Canada, focused on logistics centres such as warehouses that serve online retailers. The fund manager, which opened an office in Toronto this year, is also investing in data centres, in expectation of increasing demand as companies incorporate artificial intelligence into their operations.In Toronto, construction of new rental properties fell by 54 per cent in the first nine months of 2023 compared with the same period in 2021, according to a report from real estate date service Urbanation. Rental vacancy rates in the city are near historic lows at approximately 3 per cent.“Starting off as a recovery from the pandemic, rents are now being driven to new highs on interest rates hitting their highest level in 22 years, the population increasing by a record pace, near record-low unemployment, and scarce supply,” said Shaun Hildebrand, president of Urbanation.Blackstone is offering $15.17 a share for Toronto-based Tricon, a 30-per-cent premium to the stock’s closing price Thursday, prior to the announcement of the offer. Blackstone currently owns approximately 11 per cent of Tricon’s shares on a fully diluted basis, after investing US$300-million in convertible preferred shares in 2020.One of Tricon’s largest shareholders, Land & Buildings Investment Management LLC, announced an activist campaign last year aimed at boosting the company’s share price, which was below $10. The fund manager, founded by real estate analyst Jonathan Litt, previously successfully pushed for change at Hudson’s Bay Co.In October, Land and Buildings said in a presentation that Tricon’s poor performance relative to other real estate companies reflected “poor balance sheet management, excessive overhead costs, underperforming revenue management” and excessive executive pay. In 2022, Mr. Berman’s compensation totalled US$19.8-million.On Friday, Land and Buildings came out in support of Blackstone’s bid. In a statement, the fund manager said: “Consistent with our public presentation made in October, 2023, that highlighted an estimated 65 per cent upside, we believe this is the right outcome for all shareholders.”Tricon’s board of directors also supports Blackstone’s bid. Peter Sacks, chair of the special committee that reviewed the offer and Tricon’s lead director, said in a news release the real estate company ran a sale process and “concluded that the transaction with Blackstone is in the best interests of Tricon and its shareholders.”Blackstone’s offer for Tricon includes the right to match any superior bid from a rival company. If Tricon’s board accepts a richer offer prior to March 3, the company will pay Blackstone a US$61.3-million termination fee, or less than 2 per cent of the transaction’s value.The termination fee doubles to US$122.8-million if Tricon opts for another suitor after March 3, a level consistent with the fees seen in other large takeovers. If Blackstone terminates the takeover, it will pay Tricon a US$526-million reverse break fee.On Friday, Tricon’s stock price closed up 27 per cent at $14.83 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, slightly below Blackstone’s offer.Blackstone is one of the world’s largest asset managers, overseeing approximately US$1-trillion for clients, including US$332-billion of real estate. In 2021, Blackstone acquired Home Partners of America, a single-family home landlord that offers rent-to-own contracts, in a US$6-billion transaction.
El turismo quiere más: desborda todos los registros preCovid y se prepara para un 2024 de récordEl sector llega a Fitur, su gran cita nacional, tras confirmar su reactivación plenaEste año, la inyección del sector en el PIB superará por primera vez los 200.000 milloneshttps://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/economia/2024/01/21/turismo-quiere-desborda-registros-precovid-97163904.htmlEn pleno boom, comienza a generalizarse el mensaje de que estos ritmos de crecimiento no son sostenibles, a abrirse el debate sobre si incluso este fervor es deseable por el rechazo social que genera la masificación y empieza cundir el temor a morir de éxito y que se acabe extendiendo la turismofobia
ESPAÑAEl teletrabajo provoca que la inversión en oficinas caiga un 53% en 2023El teletrabajo apareció como tendencia con la pandemia. Ahora, se observa una paulatina vuelta al trabajo con el modelo híbrido como claro protagonistaEl mercado de oficinas sigue inmerso en su transformación ganando terreno al teletrabajo y buscando diferenciarse para ser competitivo en un segmento en el que la inversión se ha hundido un 53 % en 2023 y en el que el destino para muchas solo pasa por renovarse o cambiar de uso.Tras el impacto inicial que supuso la pandemia y la irrupción del teletrabajo, se observa una paulatina vuelta al trabajo con el modelo híbrido como claro protagonista, lo que está obligando a muchas oficinas a transformar sus espacios para ganar más atractivo entre sus empleados y a otras a contratar menos espacio.Lo que coinciden todos los expertos en señalar es la escasa disponibilidad de espacio de calidad, a veces incluso nula, especialmente en el centro de las ciudades, donde las rentas siguen al alza.¿Qué impacto tiene hoy en día el teletrabajo?El teletrabajo se ha implantado en mayor o menor medida en casi todas las organizaciones, lo que no siempre está unido a menor necesidad de espacio. El verdadero impacto es que las ha obligado a adaptarse a las nuevas tendencias (avances tecnológicos, espacios más atractivos, de calidad, sostenibles, etc), apunta el responsable de oficinas de BNP Paribas Real Estate, Benjamín Gómez.De acuerdo con un estudio de CBRE, los españoles van de media casi tres días a la semana a la oficina y se están reduciendo los puestos de trabajo individuales dando paso a las 'sillas calientes', señala el director senior de Advisory & Transaction de Oficinas de la firma, José Mittelbrum.¿Menos disponibilidad de espacio?JLL sostiene que algunas empresas han reducido su demanda de metros cuadrados en favor de tener oficinas de mayor calidad, lo que ha elevado la disponibilidad en ciertas zonas, sobre todo periféricas. Sin embargo, los edificios bien ubicados y con buenas prestaciones son los que presentan ocupaciones más altas, explica su "head of Markets", Adriana Gorri.Este aumento de la demanda en las almendras centrales ha presionando las rentas al alza. Por el contrario, en las periféricas la amenaza de salida de inquilinos a zonas más céntricas ha provocado ciertos ajustes, agrega el director nacional de oficinas de Colliers, Martín Galbete.La escasez de producto y la alta demanda en zonas centrales ha situado las rentas en estas zonas por encima de 30 euros/m2 al mes, y en los activos más prime de Madrid en 40 euros, que no se veía desde 2007.Tras caer más del 50 % se espera un repunte de inversiónPara 2024 BNP Paribas Real Estate prevé un incremento de la inversión apoyada en mejores perspectivas macroeconómicas, la estabilización y posible bajada de los tipos y el incremento de los procesos de venta que están en marcha.Tras registrar en 2023 más de 1.200 millones (el 11 % del total) y caer un 53 % con respecto al año anterior, CBRE espera que la primera mitad de 2024 sea similar y que el foco esté puesto en operaciones de entre 5-25 millones y en activos de mayor calidad y bien ubicados.¿Qué va a pasar con el espacio que quede libre?Es probable que en algunos submercados, especialmente en los que haya un parque sobredimensionado, las oficinas tengan que transformarse a otros usos alternativos que retornen en beneficio de la sociedad, reconocen desde Colliers.Estos cambios pueden ser hacia activos residenciales u hoteleros, aunque otras opciones pasan por el subarriendo o la rehabilitación de los edificios para adaptarlos a las nuevas demandas, agregan desde JLL.Según CBRE solo en Madrid hay más de 300 edificios de oficinas de menor calidad que suman 1,5 millones de metros cuadrados. Es en estos edificios más obsoletos y con menos ocupación donde ven una oportunidad de reconvertirse a otros usos, un proceso que los expertos coinciden en que es complejo que necesita del impulso de las administraciones.
Cuando un fondo buitre declara tu casa “un activo esencial”: así empieza la cuenta atrás para dejarte en la calleUn centenar de vecinos de Ciudad Lineal, Tetuán y Lavapiés esperan con temor los primeros pasos del último depredador inmobiliario que planea comprar tres bloques de viviendas en la capital
Análisis sobre sueldos y productividadGonzalo Bernardos retrata a las "empresas con costes bajos" que "pagan muy mal a los trabajadores""Es absolutamente esencial que suba el salario mínimo y que aumenten todos los demás sueldos", defendió Gonzalo Bernardos en laSexta Xplica.El profesor Gonzalo Bernardos analizó en laSexta Xplica la subida del Salario Mínimo Interprofesional de un 5% mostrándose a favor y criticó duramente el sistema de muchas empresas basado en "costes bajos a través de pagar muy mal a los trabajadores".En este sentido, apuntó que la responsabilidad de la productividad, que considera que es "muy baja" en España, recae en los trabajadores, pero también en los empresarios: "Los empleados, si no hay un buen jefe y un buen empresario, no pueden subir la productividad".Además, Gonzalo Bernardos aseguró que este 2024 "va a ser un año muy difícil" a nivel económico: "Creo que vamos a crecer la mitad de lo que crecimos en 2023 y por ello es absolutamente esencial que no solo suba el salario mínimo, sino que aumenten los salarios de todos los demás"."Los sindicatos prevén que las negociaciones con la patronal van a ser más difíciles y será más complicado llegar a un consenso", lamentó también.
Hay sitios y sitios, si no sirve como oficina servirá como residencial...más de lo mismo: pura evasión o distracción de la realidad.https://www.vozpopuli.com/espana/teletrabajo-provoca-inversion-oficinas-caiga.htmlCitarESPAÑAEl teletrabajo provoca que la inversión en oficinas caiga un 53% en 2023
ESPAÑAEl teletrabajo provoca que la inversión en oficinas caiga un 53% en 2023
Bernardós poniendo el dedo en la llaga de la productividad... Una de las contradicciones más "beligerantes" para el mantenimiento del pisito. Casi apostaría por que Bernardós lee este foro https://www.lasexta.com/programas/sexta-noche/gonzalo-bernardos-retrata-empresas-costes-bajos-que-pagan-muy-mal-trabajadores_2024011965aa979dd8aa250001cb5332.htmlCitarAnálisis sobre sueldos y productividadGonzalo Bernardos retrata a las "empresas con costes bajos" que "pagan muy mal a los trabajadores""Es absolutamente esencial que suba el salario mínimo y que aumenten todos los demás sueldos", defendió Gonzalo Bernardos en laSexta Xplica.El profesor Gonzalo Bernardos analizó en laSexta Xplica la subida del Salario Mínimo Interprofesional de un 5% mostrándose a favor y criticó duramente el sistema de muchas empresas basado en "costes bajos a través de pagar muy mal a los trabajadores".En este sentido, apuntó que la responsabilidad de la productividad, que considera que es "muy baja" en España, recae en los trabajadores, pero también en los empresarios: "Los empleados, si no hay un buen jefe y un buen empresario, no pueden subir la productividad".Además, Gonzalo Bernardos aseguró que este 2024 "va a ser un año muy difícil" a nivel económico: "Creo que vamos a crecer la mitad de lo que crecimos en 2023 y por ello es absolutamente esencial que no solo suba el salario mínimo, sino que aumenten los salarios de todos los demás"."Los sindicatos prevén que las negociaciones con la patronal van a ser más difíciles y será más complicado llegar a un consenso", lamentó también.
Pues menos mal que iban a gravar el pisito...El Gobierno relanzará en febrero la ley que permite establecer peajes para circular por el centro de las ciudades https://www.larazon.es/economia/gobierno-relanzara-febrero-ley-que-permite-establecer-peajes-circular-centro-ciudades_2024011865a92065d8aa250001c76d18.html Ejjjjque los joveneeesssss!!!!