CRE Set for Double-Digit Gains in 2026 Amid Expected Transaction Surge
As 2025 draws to a close, commercial real estate executives are increasingly turning their attention to the outlook for the year ahead. Despite the turbulence that characterized much of 2024 and early 2025, the latest insights from CBRE’s research head, Henry Chin, suggest that double-digit transaction volume growth is no longer an improbability—it is shaping up to be a consensus expectation for 2026. The market tone has shifted decisively since the first quarter…»
Host Hotels & Resorts raises full-year 2025 outlook citing improved demand
With Host Hotels & Resorts’ portfolio focused on higher-end hotels, the ongoing bifurcation of travel demand has allowed the company to raise its full-year outlook. During the hotel real estate investment trust’s third-quarter earnings call, Host President and CEO James Risoleo said the company’s hotel portfolio outperformed expectations again. The strong year-to-date performance and improved expectations for the fourth quarter have allowed Host to…»
Luna Grill to open first Arizona location in Mesa, plans Valley-wide expansion
Luna Grill, a San Diego-based fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, will open its first Arizona location later this month in Mesa, marking its expansion into the Phoenix area. Over the next 12 months, Luna Grill will have multiple locations across the Valley, the company’s CEO confirmed to the Business Journal. Founded in 2004 in San Diego by husband-and-wife team Sean and Maria Pourteymour, Luna Grill has grown to 53 locations across Southern California…»
ViaWest, Barings Land $107M for Phoenix Industrial Project
This is the largest speculative construction loan in Arizona this year. ViaWest Group and Barings have obtained $107 million in construction financing for ReDiscover Logistics Park, an 808,448-square-foot industrial development in Phoenix. This is the largest speculative construction loan in Arizona this year, according to JLL Capital Markets, which worked on behalf of the developers to secure the financing through a life insurance company. The joint venture acquired…»
Retail CRE Surges with 43% Jump in Investment Sales
Investor confidence in retail real estate is surging as the sector posts its strongest quarter in three years, driven by resilience and select fundamentals that are drawing both longstanding and new capital back into the market. Sales volume surged more than 40% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to Newmark’s latest retail conditions and trends report. Roughly $16.1 billion in assets changed hands during the…»