Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 27, 2017
3 Commercial Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2018 At the Commercial Economic Issues & Trends Forum on Friday, attendees got insights into how the economy and real estate market will interact over the next couple of years. Here are a few takeaways that can help guide your decision-making and investment moves in 2018, fresh from […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 22, 2017
What Apartment Renters Want The most attractive features of an apartment unit to renters turn out to be good management, good cell phone reception and a rent that feels reasonable, according to the just released “2017 NMHC/Kingsley Renter Preferences Report” by the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). It shows the results of a survey of […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 21, 2017
Office Demand Forecast Takes Upward Turn The report notes that the current economic expansion has now lasted for more than eight years and the consensus of economists is for it to continue for “at least one more year, if not two.” Signs of significant overinvestment or overheating in the economy-the forces that normally predict recessions-have […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 20, 2017
Specialty Retailers Bring Retail REITs Early Holiday Cheer Heading into the holiday shopping season, the story around retail isn’t all gloom and doom. Especially after a handful of impressive quarterly earnings reports last week, which boosted overall industry moral. My hope is that the momentum will spill over to retailers’ landlords, too, which have been […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 17, 2017
Retail Sales Inch Up in October U.S. retail sales edged up slightly in the month before the holiday shopping season starts in earnest. Retail sales in October rose 0.1% over September, and were up 4.3% year-over-year, according to the National Retail Federation. The NRF numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants…» Top 10 Cities With […]
Commercial Real Estate & Business News – November 16, 2017
Gates of Sprawl: Bill Gates $80M Arizona Bet for ‘Smart City’ Could Prompt New Wave of Sprawl and Land Rush Along Proposed Freeway Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) founder Bill Gates’ – the richest person in the world until recently being passed by Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos – $80 million buy-in of close to 25,000 […]