Daily News: 5-18-26

NRF: Retail sales grow in April Retail sales rose slightly for the seventh consecutive month in April despite rising gas prices and stubborn inflation. Core retail sales (excluding restaurants, auto dealers and gas stations) inched up up 0.34% month over month in April and were up 5.53% year over year, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail […]

Daily News: 5-14-26

2,500 acres in Buckeye primed for next high-tech hub A 2,500-acre site in Buckeye is aiming to land the Valley’s next mega-project, as brokers begin to pitch the site for semiconductor manufacturing and other advanced manufacturing uses. The site, called Grand View Arizona, is located near Broadway Road and MC 85, and is bisected by […]

Daily News: 5-13-26

CRE Lending Surges to Five-Year High as Alternative Lenders Reshape Capital Stack Commercial real estate lending in 1Q 2026 reached its highest level in five years as lenders have gained more confidence in loan-to-value ratios and fresh equity entered the market, giving borrowers more choices about their lenders. These trends were revealed in CBRE’s Lending […]

Daily News: 5-11-26

Commercial Mortgage Volume Rises 52% Year-Over-Year Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 52% higher in the first quarter of 2026 compared to a year earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. A rise in originations for healthcare, retail, hotel and industrial properties led to an overall […]

Daily News: 5-8-26

Mack Real Estate targets massive swath of state land next to Halo Vista Another massive piece of state-owned land around TSMC’s campus in north Phoenix is being eyed by developers. Mack Real Estate Group has applied for a 1,473-acre parcel owned by the Arizona State Land Department that’s directly west of the company’s $7 billion […]

Daily News: 5-7-26

Phoenix’s million-square-foot warehouses are gone as smaller industrial spaces drive deals Phoenix’s streak of mega warehouse sales and leases is quieting down. The available supply of big-box warehouses in the Phoenix metro shrank considerably over the last year, with no buildings amounting to a million square feet or more currently remaining, according to data from […]