Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 31, 2014 – Goodbye to 2014!

Retail Investment Sales Booming Earlier this year we reported on a rather active retail market. Apparently that was only the beginning. Second and third quarter transaction volume displayed steady momentum, continuing the rising trend that’s built over the past 4 years. On a recent episode of the Commercial Real Estate Show we looked into the […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 30, 2014

West Valley Cities Look to Loop 303 to Spur Development Loop 303 is being called the West Valley’s freeway to the future. As one of its vital improvement projects begins this month, area residents are bracing for 18 months of construction inconveniences. A nearly $50M project will result in a new interchange with U.S. 60, […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 29, 2014

Largest Downtown Property Since Arizona Center Set For Development The largest vacant parcel in downtown Phoenix is ripe for residential development. The property, south of Fillmore Street, between 4th and 6th Avenues, is poised for development, with Phoenix set to release a RFP by the end of February to develop the land. The city and […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 23, 2014

San Travesia Apartments Open Near SkySong At the center of the McDowell corridor revitalization is the newest high-end rental community in south Scottsdale, San Travesia. San Travesia – adapted from the Spanish word “Travesia” meaning “crossroads” – offers all the advantages of Mark-Taylor’s “Next Generation” living in the largest low-density luxury apartment community in the […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 22, 2014

Why Shopping Independent Stores This Holiday Season Should Be On Your To-Do-List Did you know that on average, 48 percent of each purchase at local independent businesses was recirculated locally, compared to less than 14 percent of purchases at chain stores? This data, shared by the American Independent Business Alliance, along with countless other reasons […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – December 19, 2014

ASU 330 Acre Development, Hayden Flour Mill, Monti’s and Exports are Top Economic Stories of the Year It might be a good thing that this month marks only my fourth with Phoenix Business Journal. I only have to look back over 120 days to pick my economy stories of the year. Three on my beat […]