Commercial Real Estate & Business News May 21, 2019
Welcome to ICSC’s RECon 2019 Welcome to ICSC’s RECon 2019 event here in Las Vegas! If you are one of the 40,000 or so individuals here, you might have attended last night’s opening reception (as we did) at Encore XS Nightclub (or one of many other parties happening around the strip). No matter how you spent […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News May 20, 2019
How a Cheap, Brutally Efficient Grocery Chain is Upending America’s Supermarkets Running a supermarket in America has never been harder. Profits are razor thin. Online shopping and home delivery are changing the way people buy their food. Dollar stores and drugstores are selling more groceries. Pressures are so intense that regional chains like Southeastern Grocers, the […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News May 17, 2019
What to Expect at RECon 2019 ICSC’s RECon conference-the “Super Bowl” of retail real estate-is just days away. Thousands of real estate developers, brokers, owners and retailers will soon descend upon Las Vegas for the huge networking and deal-making conference. At this year’s show, held May 19 to 22, hot topics will include the leasing needs […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News May 16, 2019
Where does Phoenix Rank for Lease Renewal Rent Growth? Apartment resident retention is at an all-time high, and renters in some markets are paying a premium to stay put.In 1st quarter 2019, 53.1% of U.S. apartment renters with expiring leases chose to renew rather than move out. Nationally, the average rent increase in the renewed lease […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News May 15, 2019
As Phoenix’s West Side Grows Two New Hotels Break Ground, Expected to Open in 2020 Two Goodyear hotels recently broke ground as metro Phoenix’s west side continues to grow. The two hotels, Tru by Hilton and Springhill Suites by Marriott, will have a combined 178 rooms and share a corner off Interstate 10 and Bullard Avenue. […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News May 14, 2019
Fed’s Interest Rate Position Could Help CRE Sales Volume The current Goldilocks economy-not too hot and not too cold-is helping to keep the bears from emerging in the commercial real estate sector. In a move aimed at holding on to that warmish balance, the Fed confirmed during its May 1 meeting that it would not change […]