Regional Commercial Real Estate Trends
Grocery, Fitness Emerge as Retail Market Bright Spots

As e-commerce accelerates its sweeping disruption of the traditional U.S. retail industry throughout national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets, store tenants that offer experiences and use smaller spaces are […]
Read More....Philadelphia Job Growth Slows Heading Into 2020

With construction activity ramped up throughout the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets, and with Center City’s restaurants packed, most residents maintain a positive feeling about the current health […]
Read More....Midsize Tenants Dominate Demand for Industrial Space

E-commerce and last-mile logistics tenants in the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space, Philly retail space and Philly industrial space – are fueling additional demand for […]
Read More....Philadelphia’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 30-Year Low

After another month of job growth, the Philadelphia market has reached an important milestone: The metro area’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent in May, the lowest level of unemployment […]
Read More....Property Investors Increasingly Prefer the Flavor of Fast-Casual Restaurants

Sit-down, full-service restaurant chains operating in national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets continue to face pressure from fast-casual competitors, and not just in the competition to woo diners. Investors […]
Read More....May Retail Sales Data Shows Strength in Consumer Spending

May retail sales numbers reported throughout businesses operating in national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets did not disappoint, suggesting a rebound in consumer spending from a slow start to […]
Read More....Tips for Investors Entering the Cannabis Real Estate Market

With 10 states plus the District of Columbia legalizing cannabis for recreational use and medical marijuana legal in another 23 states across the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets, […]
Read More....Mall Outlook Darkens as Online Sales Surge

A couple of the more than 2,200 numbers buried deep in this month’s Census Bureau report on retail sales in the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets may add […]
Read More....Baby Boomers, Retailers Could Change Commercial Lending

Some of the industry’s top commercial real estate mortgage bankers expect business to stay just as strong in the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets in 2019 as it […]
Read More....Analysts See Strong Warehouse Demand Despite Varied Concerns

Leasing and sales of distribution centers and other industrial properties reached records across the country last year, signaling strengthening demand in the national and Philadelphia commercial real estate markets as […]
Read More....Rising Interest Rates Change the Makeup of Securitized Loans

Headwinds from rising interest rates and investor caution as U.S. economic growth approaches a record stretch are likely to lead to less traditional lending terms for commercial real estate loan […]
Read More....WCRE 2018 FOURTH QUARTER REPORT

MODERATE GROWTH CONTINUES IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY & PHILLY CRE MARKETS Another Solid Quarterly Performance Amid Political and Financial Uncertainty Commercial real estate brokerage WCRE reported in its analysis of […]
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