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Commercial Real Estate Activity Slows in Q2, but Still Stronger Than 2014,...
IRVINE, CALIF. — Commercial real estate markets are starting to show signs of stabilization following years of run-up and appreciation, according to Auction.com’s second-quarter 2015 commercial real...
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Retailers Raise Number of Store Openings Planned for the Next Two Years
Worries about the fallout from Chinese economic troubles notwithstanding, U.S. chain retailers upped the number of stores they plan to open in the short term, according to the August report from RBC...
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August 2015 U.S. Renter Retention, Renewals Rise
Last month, MPF research reported renter retention and renewals were on the rise. In fact, retention continues its 20-month run above 50% as renewal rates rise 5.4%. MPF Research provides data and...
View ArticleApartment Rents Continue Their Climb
SANTA BARBARA, CA—Multifamily rents reached a new record high of $1,167 in September, while also reaching the highest year-over-year growth of the post-recession cycle, Yardi said Wednesday. The...
View ArticleWhy ‘Middle’ Is No Longer a Dirty Word for Supermarkets
The worst thing about conventional wisdom is it’s often mistaken for absolute truth. Case in point is the assumption that supermarkets are stuck in the middle — between value and upscale retailers —...
View ArticleSeptember Auto Sales: FCA, GM, Ford Report Double-Digit Sales Increases
FCA US LLC, General Motors Co., and Ford Motor Co. today all posted double-digit sales increases in September when compared to September 2014, despite stock market volatility and regulatory scandals...
View ArticleEconomy Watch: Office Market Recovery Accelerating
Reis Inc. reported last week that 2015 might well be the best U.S. office market in terms of absorption and dropping vacancies since before the recession. During 3Q 2015, net absorption nationwide...
View ArticleHas Multifamily Reached an Inflection Point?
NEW YORK CITY—Call it a ripple rather than a storm surge, yet Reis is seeing apartment vacancy tick upward ever so slightly. “It appears as if the market has finally reached its inflection point during...
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Is 2015 Peak Renter?
There have been at least three primary drivers of the massive shift toward renting in the past decade: finances, demographics, and taste and preferences. Much of the discussion surrounding this overall...
View ArticleRetail Hangs Tough Despite Shake-ups
IRVINE, CA—From online retailing to consolidation in the grocery sector, retail has had more than its share of challenges, Auction.com’s chief economist Peter Muoio tells GlobeSt.com. Still, a recent...
View ArticleCRE Prices Fully Recovered From the Recession?
Measuring the price of U.S. commercial properties in the aggregate is a tricky thing. A good metaphor might be the view from a satellite rather than the cliched 30,000-foot view. But whatever the...
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Welcome to the future of construction!
Robo-bulldozers guided by drones are helping ease Japan’s labor shortage Komatsu is the world’s second largest construction company, a venerable Japanese brand with 94 years of history that sells...
View ArticleHealthy CRE Market Fundamentals Supported Broad Price Growth
While construction has been rising in many markets, aggregate demand across the major property types continues to outstrip supply, resulting in lower vacancy rates and rent growth. This, in turn,...
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Fed: Industrial Production decreased 0.2% in September
From the Fed: Industrial production and Capacity Utilization Industrial production decreased 0.2 percent in September after edging down 0.1 percent in August. The decline in August is smaller than...
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Level of New U.S. Startups Has Stalled
The level of new U.S. businesses being created has been stalled since the end of the recession, according to an analysis of recently released Census data by Arnobio Morelix, a senior research analyst...
View ArticleConstruction Starts Slide in September
NORCROSS, GA—Non-residential construction starts across the US declined 26.1% percent from August to September, CMD Group said Friday. The construction data provider says last month’s results continue...
View ArticleThe End of Central Business Districts?
Will Central Business Districts eventually become a thing of the past? The idea of squeezing a city’s office space into a tightly confined central hub may soon start to seem as antiquated as...
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Growth in the services sector is slowing down
Service-sector growth is slowing down. The flash purchasing manager’s index on the US services sector was 54.4 in October, according to Markit Economics. Economists had estimated that the index...
View ArticleWalgreens to acquire Rite Aid for $9.42 billion
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to acquire Rite Aid Corp. for $9.42 billion in cash in a transaction to further expand the company’s role in the distribution of medications in the U.S. The...
View ArticleMF Rents Show Seasonal Flattening
SANTA BARBARA, CA—It appears to be a seasonal occurrence. Along with Halloween and the end of Daylight Saving Time, this time of year brings a flattening of apartment rent growth. Yardi’s latest Matrix...
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