Regional Commercial Real Estate Trends
How to Fill Empty Mall Space? Incubate Your Own Tenants
Mall operators are taking a page from the playbook of their office counterparts and setting up retail incubators in some of the space left vacant by departed department and apparel […]
Read More....Commercial Construction Spending Headed to Record High
Spending on hotel, office, distribution, and other commercial and public buildings likely will expand for an unprecedented ninth-consecutive year in 2019, according to a consensus forecast by the country’s top […]
Read More....Industrial Real Estate Sales Lead All Property Sectors
Industrial property sales outperformed other major commercial sectors across the country in the second quarter, driven by the popularity of online retailer Amazon and the migration of brick and mortar […]
Read More....Commercial Construction Surges as Demand Counters Higher Labor, Materials Costs
Robust commercial construction is projected to carry through the second half of 2018 and into next year, overcoming a shortage of skilled workers and any effects of tariffs on the […]
Read More....Zeroing in on Center City Philadelphia’s Tightest Office Micro Markets
Market Street West – the portion of Market Street running from City Hall to 21st Street – is seen by most Philadelphia office space brokers and investors as Center City’s […]
Read More....Bala Cynwyd Office Market Appears to be on the Rebound
Bala Cynwyd’s office market, while not currently experiencing five percent rent growth, currently is experiencing its highest occupancy rate in 15 years – 92 percent – and has seen gradual […]
Read More....Banks Ease Lending Standards for CRE Loans
For the first time in nearly three years, U.S. banks report they have loosened their lending requirements for some types of commercial real estate loans. The latest Federal Reserve survey […]
Read More....Casinos Hit Jackpot as Court Allows Legalization of Sports Betting
In a boost not to just Atlantic City but to betting venues across the country, the Supreme Court this week overturned a 1992 federal law that had prohibited most states […]
Read More....Shopping Center Closures Near 100 Million Square Feet
Retailers are focusing on their top-performing locations and shedding marginal stores with announced closures so far in 2018 totaling nearly 100 million square feet as demand for mall and shopping […]
Read More....Casino Firms Roll the Dice Again on Atlantic City
Placing their bets on a slowly rebounding local economy — and the prospects for legalized sports gambling in the state of New Jersey soon — investors are planning to re-open […]
Read More....CRE Loan Prices Compress as Lending Competition Increases
Despite record liquidity, demand for commercial real estate loans softened in recent months, leaving eager lenders chasing fewer borrowers. As a result, competition among lenders has ratcheted up noticeably with […]
Read More....Outlet Center CRE Market Will Weather Nine West Closures
The recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization filing of shoe and apparel wholesaler Nine West Holdings Inc. focused the retail spotlight on the outlet center segment of the commercial real estate […]
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