Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 6, 2014
Spotting The Next Chipotle: 10 Restaurants To Watch In a fiercely competitive market, investors are constantly looking for the next big thing—the next Chipotle or Starbucks that will beat the restaurant odds. To spot these up and comers, predictive analytics company Czar Metrics sifted through data from Twitter, Foursquare, online review sites, Facebook and blogs […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 5, 2014
US Home Values Set to Moderate until 2018, according to Latest Expert Survey The pace of residential property price growth in the United States is set to slow this year and continue doing so into 2018, according to real estate experts. The result of the latest quarterly Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey, which takes into […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 4, 2014
Housing Recovery Bodes Well for Retail Sector The continued national housing recovery is having a positive effect on the retail sector, according to Peter Muoio, senior associate and economist with Auction.com. Muoio tells GlobeSt.com that the increased home sales lead to increased retail sales in a noticeable way… Read more » Market Trend: Phoenix Retail Vacancy Decreases to […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – August 1, 2014
One Day after $165.8m Portfolio Sale: $75m in Sales and a $60m Notice Before the ink was dry on PB Bell’s acquisition of seven multifamily assets from the Bethany Kingdom I portfolio, an additional 775 units in two assets were sold for a combined $75.5m and a third, 856-unit asset was noticed for trustee sale […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – July 25, 2014
US Jobless Claims Tumble To Lowest Level In Nearly A Decade The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 8-1/2 years last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was gaining traction. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 19,000 to a seasonally adjusted 284,000 for the […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – July 24, 2014
New Lenders Enter Property Market and Think Small A new group of lenders has begun to target properties valued at $10 million and less, and that is good news for mom and pop landlords and small-business owners. Lenders, including ones controlled by asset managers Waterfall Asset Management, Guggenheim Partners LLC and Sabal Financial Group LLC, […]