Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 13, 2024

Aldi Plans Big Expansion Through New Store Openings, Conversions Aldi has announced its most ambitious expansion plans to date as it continues to grow its U.S. footprint coast to coast. The discount grocer plans to add 800 stores nationwide by the end of 2028 through a combination of new openings and store conversions. In line […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 12, 2024

National Office Attendance Rises With Slow but Steady Gains It hasn’t been quick or easy to get office attendance rates closer to what they were prior to the pandemic, but workplace foot traffic is on a slow but steady climb. As more companies add stricter in-person mandates and adjust to longer-term flexible work policies, attendance […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 11, 2024

US Grocery Wars Heat Up With Aldi’s Plans for $9 Billion Expansion The competition among grocers is growing even fiercer, with German discount supermarket chain Aldi planning to add 800 stores across the United States to its fleet during the next five years in a $9 billion expansion. Aldi, with domestic operations based in Batavia, […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 8, 2024

Retail Developer Breaks Ground on The Trailhead Shopping Center in Northern Peoria Construction is underway to bring more than 900,000 square feet of commercial real estate and housing to a corridor of northern Peoria known for its mountain views and hiking paths. Peoria officials and local businesses joined the Pederson Group, a Phoenix-based retail developer…» […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 5, 2024

Here’s Why Metro Phoenix is Now The Biggest Data Center Hub in the Western US All of the big computers and related equipment that businesses rely on to manage their operations have to go somewhere, and they are increasingly being installed around metro Phoenix. Metro Phoenix now ranks first in the western United States and […]

Commercial Real Estate & Business News – March 4, 2024

Retail Vacancy Across Phoenix Drops to 40-Year Low of Less Than 5% Residents across Phoenix have flooded local stores, driving retail properties to their lowest vacancy rate in four decades. Overall vacancy in the Phoenix retail market has fallen to 4.8 percent, the lowest since the early 1980s, AZ Big Media reported, citing an analysis […]