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James Kaminsky

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New York, NY

Editorial Director of Opensqft.

Articles by James Kaminsky

Secondaries Come for Real Estate
Real Estate Investment

Secondaries Come for Real Estate

Private equity normalized the secondary sale of LP stakes years ago. Real estate is finally catching up, and the discounts on offer are reshaping how patient capital thinks about entry timing. Who Is Selling, and Why Denominator-effect pressure, fund-life expirations, and LPs…

James Kaminsky
Rates, Rents, and the Lag Everyone Forgets
Macro

Rates, Rents, and the Lag Everyone Forgets

Markets price rate moves instantly. Real estate digests them slowly — leases roll, loans mature, and renewals reset on their own schedule, not the Fed's. The Maturity Wall Is the Calendar The real transmission of higher rates into property is the loan-maturity calendar. A deal…

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The Opensqft Innovation 100, 2026
Real Estate Investment

The Opensqft Innovation 100, 2026

Our annual list of the hundred people doing the most interesting work across real estate — founders, capital allocators, policy entrepreneurs, and operators rebuilding the industry from inside. How the List Is Built Nominations come from readers; selections come from the…

James Kaminsky
Cap Rates, Explained Without the Jargon
Educational

Cap Rates, Explained Without the Jargon

A cap rate is net operating income divided by price. That is it. The mystique comes from what it implies, not from the arithmetic. Yield Today, Bet on Tomorrow A low cap rate means you are paying more for each dollar of income — usually a bet on growth. A high cap rate means…

James Kaminsky
JV Control Provisions That Actually Matter
Deal Structuring

JV Control Provisions That Actually Matter

Joint-venture agreements are won and lost in the control provisions — the major-decision rights, removal triggers, and deadlock mechanisms that nobody thinks about until they need them. Major Decisions and Deadlocks Define which decisions require partner consent and what happens…

James Kaminsky
The New-City Playbook, Honestly Assessed
New Cities

The New-City Playbook, Honestly Assessed

Announcements of brand-new cities arrive with stunning renderings and enormous ambition. A sober look at the category reveals which approaches have any chance and which are perpetual press releases. Demand Before Density The new cities that progress start from a real demand…

James Kaminsky