Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 12, 2017

Smaller American Cities are Attracting Investment Capital from Overseas There are four simple rules about capital investment, especially in commercial real estate: It will flow to where it’s most wanted, where it’s respected, where it’s safe, and where it has the highest probability of market-rate adjusted returns. And that’s exactly what’s driving international capital into […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 11, 2017

Managing Risk and Adding Value for HNW Real Estate Investors Ultra-high net worth (HNW) investors and family offices remain challenged to achieve acceptable risk-adjusted returns amid the current robust economic cycle. U.S. commercial property prices have broadly surpassed the previous peak, impacting yields on core, core plus and value-add assets, especially in primary markets. …» How […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 8, 2017

Why Phoenix thinks it’s Got a Shot at Amazon’s $5B 2nd Headquarters Just about every city and their sister is throwing their hat in the ring for Amazon.com Inc.’s second headquarters. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has issued a request for proposals for the $5 billion, 8 million-square-foot and 50,000 worker project to go along with the […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 7, 2017

Tempe Site Next to Amazon/Whole Foods, Near ASU Sells in Unique Deal Retail redevelopment property in downtown Tempe near Mill Avenue, a planned Whole Foods Market and Arizona State University has sold in a U.S. Bankruptcy Court sale. The property is at the corner of University Drive and Wilson Street. The vacant retail site is […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 6, 2017

Multifamily REITs Pour Money into New Development Multifamily REITs keep building new apartments, and the analysts who track the companies are getting worried. “Both the volume and pace of new unit construction has been a concern in the multifamily space this year,” says Camilla Yanushevsky, senior analyst of real estate product operations for S&P Global […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 5, 2017

Gilbert’s Agritopia Moves Forward with Commercial Hub Nearly two decades after they first broke ground at Agritopia – the agrarian masterplanned community in the heart of Gilbert – the family behind the ambitious project announced plans to build Epicenter, Agritopia’s commercial hub that will be the final major development built in the district. The project […]