Commercial Real Estate & Business News – April 14, 2025

The latest CommercialCafe report takes a closer look at the backbone of our rapidly growing digital economy: data centers. To get a handle on this growth, our team analyzed data center sales activity and construction data from 2015 through 2024 in 94 U.S. markets and ranked the top 20 markets by transactions and development…»

The West Valley has become the retail darling of metro Phoenix, as a flurry of proposed projects west of Interstate 17 move into the construction phases. The next wave of retail deliveries is expected to arrive in 2026, with major developments including the Prasada shopping centers that will be fully built out in Surprise and the highly…»

The new U.S. tariff regime has upended market expectations and introduced meaningful new variables into the global investment equation. While the immediate market reaction has been sharp, it has not been irrational. Investors are doing their job by repricing risk amid fears that higher inflation, slower growth and an uncertain Federal Reserve…»

The US retail import sector has demonstrated consistent growth over the past two decades, with recent data showing an upward trend in the import of goods into the country. According to the latest report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates, released on 9 April 2025, import volumes, measured in twenty-foot…»

Sam’s Club plans to open about 15 new stores annually in the coming years while remodeling all of its roughly 600 locations across the U.S., company CEO Chris Nicholas said at an investor day Wednesday. The Walmart-owned retailer aims to double its membership over the next eight to 10 years with the boost from the new locations, Nicholas…»