Commercial Real Estate & Business News – May 15, 2017
Arizona Ranked No. 9 in Chief Executive’s Best States for Business Advancing three places from a year ago, Arizona was ranked as the No. 9 state for business in Chief Executive magazine’s 13th annual Best & Worst States for Business survey, which was released today. The Chief Executive rankings reflect CEO perceptions of best and […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – May 12, 2017
How a Big Tower in Another City Set the Table for a High-Rise Development on one of the Valley’s Most Coveted Empty Lots Opus Group is in the midst of construction of a two-tower, high-rise development in downtown Tempe. The 3.22-acre property is nestled on a former city parking lot in between Mill Avenue and […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – May 11, 2017
Migration Southward and Westward is Picking up Again LIKE birds, people tend to move from place to place along established routes. Since the second world war, among the most traveled of these routes in America has been from the “snow belt” in the Midwest and north-east to the “sun belt” in the south and west. […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – May 10, 2017
Goldman Says This May Become the Longest Economic Expansion in History Since the financial crisis, the economy has never been called robust, but it may be in the longest expansion on record, with a couple more years to go. Goldman Sachs economists said, in a recent note, that their model shows an increased 31 percent […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – May 9, 2017
Don’t Be Fooled: Retail’s Demise Is Greatly Exaggerated Indeed, the news seems dire, and troubled retailers such as Sears or bebe seem to dominate the headlines, whether the troubles were due to management issues or struggles adapting to new modes of consumer activity (read: online sales). But, what Cosenza wants to make clear is that […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – May 8, 2017
Shopping Center Execs Push Back Against Fallout from Bankruptcies Retail REITs have been hitting back against the onslaught of negative retail headlines and analyst sentiments during the current round of quarterly earnings conference calls…» Top Challenge for Industrial Investors is Finding Assets to Buy While industrial is not the sexiest type of real estate, it […]