Commercial Real Estate & Business News April 13, 2018
Hines JV Tops Off Phoenix Office Building A joint venture between Hines and New York Life Real Estate Investors have topped off the Offices at Chandler Viridian, a 250,000-square-foot building in Chandler, Ariz. The partnership broke ground on the Phoenix-area office development last September and is set to complete it in the fourth quarter of […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News April 12, 2018
One Attraction Still Drawing Shoppers to Malls: Food You might’ve noticed more and more mall food courts are changing, ditching fast food chains for local eateries. And that’s not an accident. Mall owners say they’ve been steadily increasing the percentage of retail square footage at any given property dedicated to food and beverage, creating new […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News April 11, 2018
Phoenix Makes Big Jump in Ranking of Best Places to Live in the U.S. The Phoenix metro area cracked the top 20 in the latest measure of best places to live in the United States, helped by an influx of new residents. Phoenix made significant progress, jumping to 19th place from 44th place last year […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News April 10, 2018
Billionaire Mall Owner: ‘Amazon has Been Great for Retail’ Here’s Why At a time when retail stores have been closing due to the “Amazon effect,” billionaire mall owner Rick Caruso says “Amazon has been great for retail.” “What (Amazon has) shown us is a path to success,” the owner of The Grove and The Americana […]
ISS World Expo – Vegas Recap 2018
Recently, I attended the ISS World Expo conference in Vegas. This was my first time at this event to learn a little about the self-storage product type. The overall layout of the conference and education sessions were well thought out. It allowed for me to pick a track of education to really get a better […]
1Q18 Officially in the Books | Phoenix Market Recap
It is amazing how fast the first quarter of each year always seems to fly by. Â It is a non-stop, press on the gas pedal type of quarter and 2018 was no different than 2017; well, maybe? In looking back at total transaction velocity for Phoenix Metro in 2017, there was on average about 260 […]