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  • Section 8.3 - How Market Delays Create Real Estate Cycles
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily explain the stock-flow model, a simplified framework for understanding how construction, demand, vacancy, and rents interact over time. They explore how past rents and a minimum “trigger rent” influence development decisions, while construction and tenant absorption delays slow the market’s response. The discussion traces how completed buildings and changes in occupied space affect vacancy, which then influences rents and the next round of development. These feedback loops reveal why real estate can experience booms and corrections even when the underlying economy grows steadily. They also acknowledge the model’s limitations, including its simplified treatment of developers’ forecasting decisions. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Alli Garmon and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    5 min
  • Section 8.2.2 - What Drives Demand Across Property Types
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily explore the distinct demand drivers for office, housing, warehouse, and retail properties. They explain how office employment supports demand for workspace while work from home complicates that relationship, and how population, employment growth, and household demographics influence housing needs. The discussion then examines inventory storage and e-commerce as drivers of warehouse demand, including how automation affects the usefulness of employment as an indicator. Finally, they explore how online shopping changes the relationship between retail sales and demand for physical stores, highlighting why analysts must look beyond broad economic growth to understand each property type. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Elizabeth Schrim and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    4 min
  • Section 8.2.1 - The Four Vital Signs of a Property Market
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily break down four key indicators of commercial real estate market conditions: construction, absorption, vacancy, and rent. They explain how construction timelines and net additions shape future supply, then distinguish gross leasing activity from net absorption, which measures changes in occupied space. The discussion explores how actual vacancy relative to the natural vacancy rate shifts negotiating power between tenants and landlords. Finally, they clarify the difference between asking rents and effective rents, showing how concessions such as free rent and tenant improvement allowances affect the true price of space. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Elizabeth Schrim and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    2 min
  • Section 8.2 - Connecting Demand, Vacancy, and Market Rents
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily take a conceptual look at general market analysis through three core physical variables: occupied space, total stock of space, and vacancy rate. They explain how these measures help forecast market rents and how demand, rents, and vacancy influence occupancy and new construction. Using a tech boom in Seattle’s office market as an example, they trace how an external demand driver can increase occupied space, lower vacancy, raise rents, and encourage development. The discussion brings these relationships together into a continuing cycle as completed buildings add supply and reshape market conditions. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Elizabeth Schrim and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    3 min
  • Section 8.1 - Defining the Market Before Making the Forecast
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily explore the nature and purpose of real estate market analysis, distinguishing site-specific micro analysis from macro analysis of an entire property market. They explain how market segmentation creates meaningful comparisons by separating properties by type, geography, and quality class. The discussion covers metropolitan areas, the relationship between downtown and suburban submarkets, and the differences among Class A, B, and C buildings. They also examine how historical data supports forecasting and why forecasts beyond three years can become unreliable, before previewing absorption, construction, and vacancy as key market indicators. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Shaun Collins and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    4 min
  • Chapter 8 Introduction - Reading the Market and Forecasting What Comes Next
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily introduce market analysis for commercial properties, explaining how forecasting rental rates and property prices supports project feasibility and investment decisions. They distinguish broad city-level analysis from site-specific research and clarify the differences between vacant space, available space, and natural vacancy. The discussion explores demand drivers across office, retail, industrial, data center, and self-storage properties, showing why each requires a different analytical focus. Finally, they connect demand, vacancy, rents, profitability, and new development into the real estate cycle, highlighting the analyst’s role in understanding current conditions and anticipating what comes next. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Emma Chang and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.
















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    5 min
  • Section 7.4 - From New Construction to Redevelopment
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily explore the property life cycle and how aging buildings, changing land uses, and redevelopment shape investment returns. Following a plot’s transformation from farmland to a single-family home and eventually apartments, they explain how a property’s Highest and Best Use can change over time. They distinguish land value from structure value, compare vacant-lot appraisal value with the value of the future redevelopment option, and discuss physical, functional, and economic obsolescence. Finally, they introduce the Depreciation Principle, explaining how declining structure value affects overall property value growth as redevelopment becomes a larger part of a property’s potential. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Shaun Collins and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

















    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    3 min
  • Sections 7.3.3 and 7.3.4 - The Rise of Urban Hubs and Neighborhood Renewal
    Oct 20 2026
    In this episode, Alex and Lily explore polycentric cities and Neighborhood Succession Theory to explain how urban areas are structured and change over time. They discuss how Major Activity Centers, including suburban office parks, medical districts, and edge cities, create multiple peaks in land values rather than one dominant downtown peak. The conversation then follows neighborhoods through growth, maturity, decline, and rejuvenation, examining how aging buildings and disinvestment can eventually create redevelopment opportunities. Through examples like warehouses converted into lofts, they explain how changing Highest and Best Use and the timing of neighborhood transitions can shape investment opportunities. Audio was generated using Wondercraft, with production assistance from Nicole Jordan & Adam Zulewski and audio uploaded by Peyton Stone.

    © 2026 CRE Explained Podcast Team.
    Based on Commercial Real Estate Analysis for Investment, Finance, and Development (4th Edition) by David M. Geltner, Norman G. Miller, Alex van de Minne, Piet Eichholtz, Thies Lindenthal, and Lily Shen.
    Developed through Clemson University Creative Inquiry (CI) 4980, under the supervision of Dr. Lily Shen.
    Reference Material: Commercial Real Estate Resources | CREBook.net
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    3 min