Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 11, 2017
Stop with the Retail Apocalypse: Mall, Shopping Center Landlords are Tired of Industry Chatter Retail real estate investment trust CEOs have watched many of their stocks fall in recent months, with headlines about the death of malls and physical stores prompting executives to speak out in frustration. Simon, Macerich and GGP hope to convince analysts […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 10, 2017
Phoenix Real Estate Investment Market Picks up After Slow Start The Greater Phoenix real estate investment market started the year slow, but reversed course during second quarter. The most recent three months posted more property sales, higher prices and compressed cap rates, according to a report released by Colliers International in Greater Phoenix. Sales of […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 9, 2017
Multifamily Loan Origination Expected to Hit New Record This Year By a number of measures, the multifamily sector continues to defy expectations of ‘cooling down’ over the second half of the year and loan origination projections for multifamily property is now projected to grow for the rest of 2017 and into 2018, according to new […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 8, 2017
CRE Lending up in 2Q, CMBS Gains Traction CRE lending edged higher between the first quarter of 2017 and the second, and is up 27 percent year-over-year, according to the most recent CBRE Lending Momentum Index, which tracks the velocity of commercial loan closings nationwide. Volume increased in all major lending groups, with capital readily […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 7, 2017
Phoenix’s Industrial Vacancy Decreases to 9.2% The Phoenix Industrial market ended the second quarter 2017 with a vacancy rate of 9.2%. The vacancy rate was down over the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling positive 1,117,870 square feet in the second quarter. That compares to positive 3,097,359 square feet in the first quarter 2017. Vacant […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 4, 2017
Why High-Net-Worth Investors Seek Increased Real Estate Allocations Commercial real estate has been used effectively in ultra-high-net-worth (HNW) and family office portfolios as a means to enhance yield in a return-starved market. This enhanced yield has not been lost on the greater institutional marketplace, however, where sovereign wealth funds, domestic pension funds and life insurance […]