Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 14, 2016

Why Some Infill Projects Are Going Vertical Across Greater Phoenix When Donald Trump wanted to build a 150-foot-tall condominium and hotel tower at 22nd Street and Camelback in 2005, the surrounding single-family, low-rise neighborhoods cried out. When Macerich predecessor Westcor wanted to go up 165 feet across Camelback Road at Biltmore Fashion Park a few […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 13, 2016

Stagnant Homeownership Rate Likely Means Decades of Strong Demand for Apartments Over the next two decades, demand for rental apartments will likely continue to be strong, if current homeownership rates remain where they are or improve only modestly. The homeownership rate and how low it will remain going forward is one of the biggest questions […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 12, 2016

Mid-Sized Users Drive Industrial Sector Representing the power of the market’s mid-sized industrial user, Lincoln Property Company (LPC) has completed the sale of a five-building Northwest Phoenix industrial portfolio to Colorado-based REIT Industrial Property Trust Inc. in a $37.98 million deal. The deal includes the Lincoln Deer Valley and Lincoln Pinnacle Park assets…Read more » Retail Sales […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 11, 2016

Business Booms In Downtown Phoenix’s Reborn Warehouse District Just south of the railroad tracks in downtown Phoenix, warehouses that once played an integral role in the city’s development are now home to thriving businesses. Throughout the Warehouse District, historic buildings have begun to see new life through rehabilitation and renovation in recent years, as businesses […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 8, 2016

Demand For New Homes, Construction Workers In Phoenix Soar Demand for new homes in metro Phoenix is climbing so rapidly that contractors can’t get them built fast enough. New home permits were up more than 40 percent in 2015 from 2014. And an early tally for December shows it will be best month for new […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – January 7, 2016

Colony Starwood Completes $7.7B Merger Colony Starwood Homes, the single-family rental REIT created from the merger of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust and Colony American Homes, began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday under the SFR symbol. The combined company said Tuesday evening that the merger had been finalized, creating a REIT with an […]