Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 6, 2014
Retail Cap Rates Remain at Historic Low As reported in GlobeSt.com, cap rates for single tenant net lease properties have fallen steadily for several years, regularly hitting new historic lows each quarter as more investors put in bids. In the third quarter of this year, however, the national cap rates for retail properties held steady […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 3, 2014
U.S. Office Sector Plods Ahead U.S. office rents and occupancies inched higher in the third quarter, as a gradual improvement in the overall economy is translating into a sluggish recovery in the office sector. Average rents sought by landlords reached $29.62 a square foot in the quarter, up 0.4% over the second quarter and 7.7% […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 2, 2014
Money Coming In for Value-Add and Opportunistic CRE Since 2009 following the Great Recession, senior mortgage capital has focused almost exclusively on fully-leased, cash flowing assets in major gateway markets, virtually ignoring transitional assets in suburban and secondary markets. Now that is also changing. While the recovery in most core markets is at the mature […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 1, 2014
Where To Invest In Real Estate In 2015 The map of global real estate investment has changed. After years in which they privileged capital preservation over returns, investors have regained their taste for adventure and are branching out into alternative markets in search of good opportunities. Read more » Among Commercial Sectors, Investors Still Favor Multifamily Even […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 30, 2014
Why Stores Still Rule Retail For all the talk of how online retail dominates, the vast majority of purchases are still made in person, in a physical location. Surprised? E-commerce sales were just 6.4 percent of total retail sales for the second quarter of this year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, up from […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – September 29, 2014
South Mountain Loop 202 Extension Moves Closer to the Starting Line The light at the end of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway administrative process shines over Nov. 25. That is the last day for comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the freeway. It will mark the beginning steps of moving to the […]