Commercial Real Estate & Business News – April 2, 2024

With Arizona Layoffs Slowing, State’s Economic Outlook is Solid, Experts Say Arizona’s job market has been solid lately, and it’s showing up in fewer layoffs. Both the number and magnitude of major layoff announcements declined sharply in the first quarter of 2024 compared with the same three months of 2023. Some 21 employers reported layoffs […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – April 1, 2024

Private Cash Buyers Dominate Net Lease Are you a net lease investor with $5 million cash in your pocket? Then you’re golden in the current market. Right now the sector’s biggest problem is that there is a considerable amount of supply on the market and not enough buyers willing to invest at cap rates where […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 29, 2024

The Sweet 16 of US Retail Markets Square Off As the country’s top men’s and women’s college basketball teams compete to cut down the nets this month, CoStar is getting in on the madness with our inaugural CoStar Sweet 16 of U.S. retail markets. Here we pit the top areas for that property type across […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 28, 2024

Multifamily Investors Plan to Transact More Soon A robust 62% of multifamily investors expect to increase their purchasing activity from last year and 40% expect to sell more, according to CBRE’s 2024 Global Multifamily Investor Intentions Survey in late 2023 of 1,200 investors. And nearly half (47%) of multifamily investors…» Vacated Former Office Headquarters Transformed […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 27, 2024

Phoenix Earned No. 8 Spot for Population Gains in 2023 Phoenix is now the eighth-fastest growing metropolitan statistical area in the nation, according to recently released data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Valley’s population base added 49,200 people from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, the data found. Many of the top markets…» […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 26, 2024

In Swing State Arizona, an $8.5 Billion CHIPS Grant Spells ‘Jobs’ More Than Geopolitics In the booming Phoenix metro area, Washington policymakers’ rare bipartisan push to bolster national security in their high-tech arms race with China brings major enthusiasm for something more basic: jobs. A fresh influx of $8.5 billion in CHIPS and Science Act […]