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📊CRE in 3: Inflation Up 0.9% + JV Governance Gaps + Searching For Yield
⭐️ 1. Market MovesOverview: Inflation jumps 0.9% delaying cuts, JV governance gaps raise investor risk, and CRE investors move up risk curve as liquidity improves. 1. Inflation Up 0.9%: Inflation rose 0.9% in March, driven by an 11% energy spike, raising concerns that Fed rate cuts could be delayed. ➡️ Why it matters: Higher inflation may delay cuts and pressure CRE financing costs. 2. JV Governance Gaps: CRE joint ventures face governance gaps where passive investors bear risk without control, especially in distress, prompting calls for stronger structural protections. ➡️ Why it matters: Misaligned control increases downside risk in stressed CRE deals. 3. Searching For Yield: CRE investors are cautiously moving up the risk curve in 2026, pursuing value-add and opportunistic deals as liquidity improves and fundamentals stabilize. ➡️ Why it matters: More risk-taking signals early-stage recovery in CRE cycle. 🖥️ 2. Video to WatchWhat OZ actually is • A strategy to defer capital gains by investing into designated low-income areas • Designed to drive redevelopment and economic growth • More about capital preservation than outsized appreciation How big is the space? • ~$50B–$100B deployed since inception • Spread across ~8,500+ tract maps nationwide Where OZ fits in the capital stack • Typically sits as pref equity • Usually ~20% of the total capital stack • Most commonly used in ground-up development deals How the structure works • Capital is raised through Qualified Opportunity Funds (QOFs) • Investors = HNW individuals, RIA money, etc. • That capital flows down into the deal-level entity: • Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses (QOZBs) (think PropCo) Key structural nuances • OZ pref is generally pari passu / pro rata with other investors • It becomes senior to common #equity at sale • Requires a 10-year hold to fully realize tax benefits • Investors typically receive participation after a catch-up to meet compliance rules Execution matters • OZ pref can often be taken out via refinance once the asset stabilizes • Refi proceeds can pay down that pref equity piece What’s next • “OZ 2.0” regulations expected in 2027 • Likely to reshape how capital flows into these deals 💰 3. Capital To KnowBasis Investment Group, a direct and full-service lender and equity investor, originates diversified CRE loans and investments across the capital stack of stabilized, transitional and development assets nationwide. Basis is a Minority and Woman-Owned Business.
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