Commercial Real Estate & Business News 6-9-2025

Multifamily Rent Growth Sees Steady Gains in May Economic and financial market uncertainty hasn’t yet had a significant impact on multifamily fundamentals, which remained healthy in May. The average U.S. asking rent increased $6 to $1,761 last month, according to the latest Yardi Matrix National Multifamily Report. Year-over-year asking rent growth, which barely has moved […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News 6-6-2025

Navigating U.S. Policy Shifts in CRE Is a New Experience and Challenge The combination of speed, breadth, and uncertainty in following the plans of the Trump administration is “novel in almost every way,” Charlie Smith, managing director of Geopolitical Strategy Consulting at Newmark, tells GlobeSt.com. “And a lot of that speed is driving the uncertainty,” […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News 6-5-2025

Phoenix named No. 1 industrial market in first quarter of 2025 In the first quarter of the year, construction activity remained low due to ongoing oversupply, while rents increased in 29 of the 30 major markets we analyzed. The industrial real estate sector remains stable, though upcoming policy changes in global logistics and manufacturing could […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News 6-4-2025

More office space is being removed than added for the first time in at least 25 years After several years of deep distress, the beleaguered U.S. office market has reached an inflection point. This year, office conversions and demolitions will exceed new construction for the first time in at least 25 years. Simply put, more […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News 6-3-2025

Consumer confidence rebounds in May amid increased optimism Consumer confidence improved in May after five straight months of declines as Americans grew more hopeful about prospects for a trade deal between the U.S. and China. In preliminary readings for May, The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index increased by 12.3 to 98.0, up from 85.7 in […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News 6-2-2025

A $25 billion data center is slated for this tiny Arizona community A $25 billion data center development is slated for 2,100 acres in Tonopah, following a Phoenix investment group’s purchase of the land. Arizona Land Consulting, led by Anita Verma-Lallian, paired with venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO of Social Capital, to buy the site […]