Commercial Real Estate & Business News – February 12, 2025

Here are the sectors driving job growth in Arizona Arizona added nearly 57,000 jobs year-over-year in 2024 as Arizona job growth continues, according to an analysis. Arizona added 3,400 seasonally-adjusted jobs over the month in December, similar to revised job growth in November of 3,500. The preliminary November data put growth at 4,100 jobs. In […]

2025 Southern AZ CCIM Forecast: Insights and Trends Recap

As we navigate through 2025, the Tucson commercial real estate market continues to evolve, presenting both challenges and opportunities across the various commercial property sectors.  Like the Phoenix Forecast, here are my notes from 2025 Southern Arizona CCIM Forecast conference, held on February 10, 2025.  This summarizes the various panels as well as some key […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – February 11, 2025

Arizona’s economy: Headed into uncharted waters Even with significant headwinds from reduced housing affordability, elevated interest rates, and tight labor markets, Arizona continues to generate solid economic growth. Job gains are far outpacing national growth in the preliminary data and may be growing even faster than the data…» 9 Arizona cities rank as best places […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – February 10, 2025

Phoenix wants to redevelop downtown garage into hotel The city of Phoenix wants to partner with a real estate developer to turn a large downtown parking garage into a new hotel. It’s planning to issue a request for proposal to redevelop the Regency parking garage located on Adams and 2nd streets next to the Hyatt […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – February 7, 2025

The 10 biggest Metro Phoenix real estate deals in January Here are the 10 biggest deals in Metro Phoenix commercial real estate from January of 2025, according to data collected by the commercial real estate tracking website Vizzda and AZRE magazine. 1. Town Deer Valley Apartments. Price: $131,100,000. Sector: Multifamily…» Behind the deal: What the […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – February 6, 2025

Multifamily Investors Accept Higher Rate Environment Multifamily investors may be coming to terms with the new interest rate climate, which is a good thing since the Federal Reserve has signaled it is not ready to lower rates further at this time. When the central bank met last week, it declined to change the overnight rate […]