Commercial Real Estate & Business News November 14, 2018

The Good, Bad and ugly of Renting in America Today A lot has changed in the last 30 years for renters – some for the better and some still leaving much to be desired. The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its 30th anniversary State of the Nation’s Housing report this year […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News November 13, 2018

Walmart Becomes The Mall With Community-Centric Town Centers Time was when Walmart came to town it would buy up a big parcel of land on the edge of town, construct a hulking big-box supercenter with a 6-to-8 acre parking lot and force people into their cars to get there. Now Walmart is “moving” closer to […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News November 12, 2018

Property Demand Seen Driving Sales, Leasing at Real Estate Brokerages Into 2019 Global real estate markets appear positioned for strong momentum into next year despite concerns about trade tensions, gridlock in Congress and volatile financial markets, according to chief executives of the world’s largest publicly traded commercial property companies…» Scottsdale Commercial Lending Tech Startup Pivots […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News November 9, 2018

Retail Industry Has High Expectations for Black Friday, Holiday Sales Season With Black Friday and the holiday shopping season just around the corner, it’s crunch time for many retailers and mall operators. The season is critical for retailers because it can account for as much as 30 percent of annual sales. And shoppers come out […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News November 8, 2018

Investment Sales Rise in 3rd Quarter, Full-Year Volume May Beat 2017 Numbers Investment sales volume in the U.S.continued to grow in the third quarter. And the expectation is that deal volume for 2018 will end higher than last year. “It would be difficult to not surpass 2017 deal volume at this point,” says Jim Costello, […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News November 7, 2018

Downtown Phoenix Block 23 Development Signs First Office Tenant Block 23, the future location of downtown Phoenix’s first grocery store, signed its first office tenant: accounting firm Ernst & Young U.S. LLP. The firm will take up 20,000 square feet in the development’s office portion and will move into the building, being developed by RED […]