commercial real estate market
Retail Mall Vacancies Are No Longer Just a Class C Issue
Store closures have been the talk of the retail industry over the first five months of the year, with Sears-Kmart, JCPenney and Macy’s announcing more than 64 million square feet […]
Read More....Dearth of Properties Holding Back U.S. Industrial Sales Volumes
The U.S. industrial real estate market is seeing a shortage of bulk warehouse and logistic centers available for sale along with a shift in focus by industrial REITs from acquisition […]
Read More....Unprecedented Chinese Investment in U.S. CRE Raises Concern
As investors from China continue to make substantial purchases in the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space, Philly retail space and Philly industrial space – concern […]
Read More....Philadelphia Office Vacancy Rate Drops Below 9 Percent
The Philadelphia Office market ended the first quarter of 2017 with a vacancy rate of 8.7%. The vacancy rate was down from the previous quarter, with net absorption totaling positive […]
Read More....Restrained Optimism Reigns in Latest CRE Growth Forecast
Reflecting what might be described as restrained optimism, the latest Urban Land Institute (ULI) Real Estate Consensus Forecast, just released by The CoStar Group, sees a more modest rate of […]
Read More....Demand for Industrial Properties Expected to Remain Strong
The outlook for industrial real estate in the commercial real estate market – including Philly office space, Philly retail space and Philly industrial space – couldn’t be better, a recent […]
Read More....Banks Again Increase Pace of Construction Lending, Raising Regulatory Concerns
The construction and development (C&D) lending category for U.S. banks was once again the most rapidly growing loan category in 2016 for the U.S. commercial real estate market – including […]
Read More....CRE Execs Balance Tax Reform Optimism with Interest Rate Concern
With a commercial real estate executive now in the White House, 69 percent of the CRE executives responding to a recent survey said they expect President Trump will have an […]
Read More....Office Construction Completions to Peak In 2017
Steady growth in office-based employment over the last few years, and rising demand from big employers for a diminishing supply of newer high-quality office space in the U.S. commercial real […]
Read More....Major CRE Construction Activity Expected to Moderate Following Strong 2016
Construction starts are expected to trend lower this year following a 2016 that is shaping up to be both a post-recession peak and an inflection point for development across all […]
Read More....U.S. Office Construction Extends Recovery by Closely Matching Demand
The 135 million square feet of office space under construction at the end of the third quarter across the U.S. commercial real estate market – including Philly office space, Philly […]
Read More....Retailers Expect Real Estate Trends to Continue in 2017
The theatrical phrase “to be continued” usually signals an exciting story twist is coming. But anyone hoping for a plot twist next year to the ongoing saga of shrinking apparel […]
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