`data/hubs.json`

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{
  "_note": "Topical-authority hub manifest for RENTV. SSOT for /topics + /topic/:slug. Basis: re-props CRE SEO keyword library (~/.claude/skills/re-props/references/cre-seo-keyword-library.md). An article belongs to a hub if its `cat` is in `cats` OR a `match` keyword appears in its title. A hub is indexable ONLY when it has >=1 live article (else noindex, so we never ship thin doorway pages). `sections` lists legacy /section routes that 301 into this hub.",
  "groups": [
    { "id": "asset", "label": "Property Types & Asset Classes" },
    { "id": "deal", "label": "Transactions & Capital" },
    { "id": "who", "label": "Participants" },
    { "id": "market", "label": "Markets & Data" },
    { "id": "editorial", "label": "Editorial & Research" }
  ],
  "hubs": [
    { "slug": "office", "group": "asset", "title": "Office", "h1": "Office Real Estate News",
      "dek": "Office building sales, leasing, and financing across CBD, suburban, medical office, and life science / laboratory space — occupancy, absorption, asking rent, and repositioning coverage.",
      "keywords": ["office", "office building", "medical office", "life science", "laboratory", "CBD", "sublease"],
      "cats": ["Office"], "match": ["office", "life science", "laboratory"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "industrial-logistics", "group": "asset", "title": "Industrial & Logistics", "h1": "Industrial & Logistics Real Estate News",
      "dek": "Warehouse, distribution, fulfillment, cold storage, flex, and last-mile logistics — the industrial asset class driven by e-commerce, supply chain, and intermodal freight.",
      "keywords": ["industrial", "warehouse", "logistics", "distribution center", "fulfillment center", "cold storage", "last mile", "flex space"],
      "cats": ["Industrial"], "match": ["industrial", "warehouse", "logistics", "distribution", "fulfillment", "cold storage"], "sections": ["industrial"] },

    { "slug": "retail", "group": "asset", "title": "Retail", "h1": "Retail Real Estate News",
      "dek": "Shopping center, strip mall, power center, lifestyle center, and grocery-anchored retail — plus experiential retail, QSR / restaurant space, and flagship store activity.",
      "keywords": ["retail", "shopping center", "strip mall", "power center", "grocery anchored", "QSR", "restaurant space"],
      "cats": ["Retail"], "match": ["retail", "shopping center", "mall", "grocery"], "sections": ["retail"] },

    { "slug": "multifamily", "group": "asset", "title": "Multifamily", "h1": "Multifamily Real Estate News",
      "dek": "Apartment, build-to-rent, student housing, senior living, and affordable / workforce housing — lease-up, occupancy, concessions, and rent growth across the multifamily sector.",
      "keywords": ["multifamily", "apartment", "build-to-rent", "student housing", "senior housing", "affordable housing", "workforce housing", "rent growth"],
      "cats": ["Multifamily"], "match": ["multifamily", "apartment", "housing", "build-to-rent"], "sections": ["multifamily"] },

    { "slug": "hospitality", "group": "asset", "title": "Hospitality", "h1": "Hospitality & Hotel Real Estate News",
      "dek": "Hotel investment across boutique, luxury, select-service, extended-stay, resort, and convention properties — acquisitions, financing, and repositioning in the hospitality sector.",
      "keywords": ["hospitality", "hotel", "hotel investment", "boutique hotel", "luxury hotel", "select service", "extended stay", "resort", "convention hotel"],
      "cats": ["Hospitality"], "match": ["hotel", "hospitality", "resort"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "data-centers", "group": "asset", "title": "Data Centers", "h1": "Data Center Real Estate News",
      "dek": "Data center development, powered-shell sites, and digital-infrastructure investment — the fastest-growing CRE asset class driven by AI compute, hyperscale demand, and power constraints.",
      "keywords": ["data center", "digital infrastructure", "hyperscale", "powered shell", "AI compute"],
      "cats": ["Data Centers"], "match": ["data center", "data centre", "hyperscale"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "development", "group": "asset", "title": "Development", "h1": "Development & Construction News",
      "dek": "Ground-up development, redevelopment, adaptive reuse, entitlement, and master-planned communities — groundbreakings, deliveries, and construction across all asset classes.",
      "keywords": ["development", "redevelopment", "adaptive reuse", "entitlement", "rezoning", "groundbreaking", "master planned community", "construction"],
      "cats": ["Development"], "match": ["development", "redevelop", "adaptive reuse", "groundbreak", "breaks ground"], "sections": ["development"] },

    { "slug": "transactions", "group": "deal", "title": "Transactions", "h1": "CRE Transactions News",
      "dek": "Investment sales, acquisitions, dispositions, portfolio and asset sales, sale-leasebacks, and leasing — the closed-deal transaction flow across the commercial real estate market.",
      "keywords": ["acquisition", "disposition", "investment sale", "portfolio sale", "sale leaseback", "lease", "leasing", "sublease", "transaction volume"],
      "cats": ["Sales", "Leases"], "match": ["acquires", "sells", "buys", "sale", "leases", "acquisition", "disposition", "trades"], "sections": ["sales", "leases"] },

    { "slug": "capital-markets", "group": "deal", "title": "Capital Markets", "h1": "CRE Capital Markets & Financing News",
      "dek": "Financing, refinancing, construction and bridge loans, CMBS, mezzanine and preferred equity, recapitalizations, and joint ventures — the debt and equity powering CRE deals.",
      "keywords": ["financing", "refinancing", "construction loan", "bridge loan", "CMBS", "mezzanine financing", "preferred equity", "recapitalization", "joint venture"],
      "cats": ["Financing"], "match": ["financing", "refinanc", "loan", "cmbs", "mortgage", "recapitaliz", "joint venture"], "sections": ["financing"] },

    { "slug": "lenders-banks", "group": "deal", "title": "Lenders & Banks", "h1": "CRE Lenders & Banks News",
      "dek": "Commercial mortgage lenders, debt funds, bridge and life-insurance lenders, CMBS and bank lending — plus foreclosure, distressed debt, and special servicing coverage.",
      "keywords": ["commercial lender", "commercial mortgage", "debt fund", "bridge lender", "life insurance lender", "CMBS lender", "distressed debt", "special servicing", "foreclosure"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["lender", "bank", "debt fund", "special servic", "foreclosure", "distressed"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "companies", "group": "who", "title": "Companies", "h1": "CRE Companies News",
      "dek": "The firms shaping commercial real estate — brokerages, REITs, private equity, developers, and investment managers driving the market's biggest deals.",
      "keywords": ["CBRE", "JLL", "Cushman & Wakefield", "Colliers", "Newmark", "Blackstone", "Brookfield", "Prologis", "REIT", "private equity", "developer"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["cbre", "jll", "cushman", "colliers", "newmark", "blackstone", "brookfield", "prologis", "hines", "greystar", "starwood", "kkr"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "people", "group": "who", "title": "People", "h1": "CRE People & Executives News",
      "dek": "The executives, brokers, and developers behind the deals — hires, promotions, and moves across the commercial real estate industry.",
      "keywords": ["executive", "broker", "developer", "hire", "promotion", "appointment"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["joins", "hires", "promoted", "named", "appoints", "appointed", "ceo", "president"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "architecture-construction", "group": "who", "title": "Architecture & Construction", "h1": "Architecture & Construction News",
      "dek": "Architects, general contractors, engineers, and design-build teams — construction management, materials, and the delivery of major CRE projects.",
      "keywords": ["architecture", "architect", "general contractor", "engineering", "design build", "construction management"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["architect", "contractor", "design-build", "engineering", "tops out"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "title-escrow", "group": "who", "title": "Title & Escrow", "h1": "Title & Escrow News",
      "dek": "Title companies, escrow, and closing services — the transaction infrastructure that moves commercial real estate deals from contract to close.",
      "keywords": ["title company", "escrow", "title insurance", "closing"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["title company", "escrow", "title insurance"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "legal-regulation", "group": "who", "title": "Legal & Regulation", "h1": "CRE Legal & Regulation News",
      "dek": "Zoning, land use, entitlements, eminent domain, environmental review, and CRE litigation — the legal and regulatory forces shaping development and ownership.",
      "keywords": ["zoning", "land use", "eminent domain", "environmental review", "CEQA", "litigation", "tax appeal", "regulation"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["zoning", "land use", "lawsuit", "litigation", "eminent domain", "regulation", "ceqa", "entitlement"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "markets", "group": "market", "title": "Markets", "h1": "CRE Markets News",
      "dek": "Commercial real estate by geography — national, regional, state, metro, and county markets, from primary CBDs to secondary and tertiary markets.",
      "keywords": ["national", "regional", "metro", "county", "CBD", "secondary markets", "tertiary markets", "market"],
      "cats": [], "match": [], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "ai-proptech", "group": "market", "title": "AI & PropTech", "h1": "AI & PropTech News",
      "dek": "Artificial intelligence, machine learning, smart buildings, IoT, digital twins, and BIM — the technology reshaping how commercial real estate is built and operated.",
      "keywords": ["proptech", "AI", "artificial intelligence", "machine learning", "smart buildings", "IoT", "digital twin", "BIM", "ESG software"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["proptech", "artificial intelligence", " ai ", "machine learning", "smart building", "digital twin"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "economic-indicators", "group": "market", "title": "Economic Indicators", "h1": "CRE Economic Indicators",
      "dek": "The macro signals driving commercial real estate — interest rates, the Federal Reserve, inflation, jobs reports, and tariffs and their impact on CRE.",
      "keywords": ["interest rates", "Federal Reserve", "inflation", "jobs report", "tariffs", "cap rate", "10-year treasury"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["interest rate", "federal reserve", "the fed", "inflation", "jobs report", "tariff", "rate cut", "rate hike"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "rankings-lists", "group": "editorial", "title": "Rankings & Lists", "h1": "CRE Rankings & Lists",
      "dek": "Data-driven rankings and lists — top deals, most active markets, biggest owners, and leading firms across commercial real estate.",
      "keywords": ["rankings", "lists", "top deals", "most active", "leaderboard"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["ranking", "top 10", "top 25", "biggest", "most active"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "awards", "group": "editorial", "title": "Awards", "h1": "CRE Awards",
      "dek": "Recognition across the commercial real estate industry — deal of the year, developer and broker awards, and project honors.",
      "keywords": ["awards", "deal of the year", "recognition", "honors"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["award", "deal of the year", "honored", "wins"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "podcasts", "group": "editorial", "title": "Podcasts", "h1": "RENTV Podcasts",
      "dek": "Conversations with the operators, investors, and brokers moving commercial real estate — the RENTV podcast and interview archive.",
      "keywords": ["podcast", "interview", "cre talk"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["podcast", "interview", "episode"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "research-reports", "group": "editorial", "title": "Research Reports", "h1": "CRE Research Reports",
      "dek": "Market research and data — vacancy, absorption, rent, cap-rate, and transaction-volume reports across sectors and metros.",
      "keywords": ["research report", "market report", "vacancy rate", "absorption", "cap rate", "transaction volume"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["report", "research", "survey", "index rose", "index fell"], "sections": [] },

    { "slug": "press-releases", "group": "editorial", "title": "Press Releases", "h1": "CRE Press Releases",
      "dek": "Official announcements from firms, developers, and lenders across commercial real estate — sourced from public press releases.",
      "keywords": ["press release", "announcement"],
      "cats": [], "match": ["announces", "announced", "press release"], "sections": [] }
  ]
}