Check out our latest roundup for infrastructure-related ballot initiatives, U.S. Green Building Council success stories, support for sustainable building, and more!
- 2024 is expected to see the highest rate of office conversions since CBRE began tracking them in 2016.Nish Amarnath, SmartCities Dive)
- The Federal Housing Finance Agency has set loan limits of $73 billion each for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, allowing them to purchase a total of up to $146 billion in multifamily loans in 2025. (Leslie Shaver, Multi-family dive)
- The 2024 U.S. presidential election featured a number of infrastructure-related initiatives that could potentially impact facility managers. (Joe Burns, Construction diving)
- Many construction professionals expect a second Trump administration to divert federal procurement dollars from initiatives that support sustainable construction. (Julie Strupp, Construction diving)
- The US Green Building Council announced the release of PERFORM, a new offering that empowers companies to transform real estate portfolios into sustainability success stories. (Deisy Verdinez, US Green Building Council)
- Because affordability challenges remain a major challenge for homebuyers, lower mortgage rates would alleviate some of these issues – but they could also attract more buyers into the market, putting upward pressure on prices. (Jeff Ostrowski, Bankrate)
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