Phoenix Retail Posts Positive Net Absorption in Q3
Source: Colliers International The Greater Phoenix retail market posted positive net absorption in third quarter, despite the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Vacancy rose slightly during the quarter to 7.7 percent as the city was recognized for comparatively low unemployment and small business closures. During third quarter, Greater Phoenix posted a 1.7 percent increase in unemployment, finishing September […]
PHX Industrial Market Surges During Pandemic
Source: Colliers International The Greater Phoenix industrial market has surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, driven largely by the country’s increased use of e-commerce and elevated grocery shopping while restaurants were closed. Completion of new industrial projects in 2020 has been the strongest year in more than a decade. Arizona’s business-minded approach led to more companies remaining open during the pandemic. The Trade, […]
Amazon Discussing Retail-to-Distribution Conversions
By Joe Dyton for The Broker List Mall owner Simon Property Group and Amazon are in talks to turn J.C. Penney and Sears stores into distribution centers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Both department store chains filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closed stores across the country. Simon malls have 63 J.C. Penney stores and 11 Sears, according to the company’s May public filing. The number of stores Amazon […]
Office Sublease Space Up 21.8 Percent
By Les Shaver for GlobeSt.com As COVID-19 forced lockdowns across the country, the amount of vacant sublease increased in the first half of 2020, according to new figures from Cushman & Wakefield. C&W monitored activity across 83 office markets and 92 industrial markets in North America and determined sublease vacancy generally increased across the office market and minimally throughout […]
Subleasing, Rent Pressures Equal Trouble for Office
By Rayna Katz for GlobeSt.com Given corporate America’s reluctance to return to offices rather than work from home, current conditions in office properties—and the likely near-term future—are looking bleak. Looming excess supply on the horizon will also be a problem, according to a new report on the top 25 US Office Markets from Colliers International. All told, the mid-year research stated, […]
Online Commerce Driving Growth in Industrial
Source: Colliers International The Greater Phoenix industrial real estate market remains healthy, despite business conditions during the pandemic. America’s growth in online purchasing is driving expanded demand for warehouse/distribution space. Net absorption of industrial space peaked at more than 2MSF in the second quarter. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter with net absorption exceeding 1MSF. Year-to-date the market has posted 3.7MSF of […]
Light Industrial Outshines Mega-warehouses
Source: CBRE Even as the growth of e-commerce has lifted the entire industrial & logistics real estate sector, a sweet spot has emerged: warehouses smaller than 120KSF, according to a new report from CBRE. CBRE analyzed U.S. industrial buildings by size and found that “light industrial” properties outperformed the other property types over the past […]
Apartment Construction May Slow in 2018
By Florentina Sarac for RentCafé Following an almost decade-long period of vigorous expansion, the growth of the U.S. renter population has reached a plateau in 2016. Construction had continued to break records – until this year, when Yardi Matrix market data suggests that the total number of new completions is going to remain far below the 300K mark. […]
PHX Poised to Become a Data Center Leader
By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange A recently released report from CBRE notes the Phoenix area is poised to become a leader in the data center market, as reflected by steady growth in the sector in the first half of 2017. “Phoenix is a dynamic market,” said Luke Denmon, of CBRE’s Data Center Solutions […]
More Growth Ahead for Seniors Housing
By Beth Mattson-Teig for National Real Estate Investor The development boom underway in the seniors housing space has not put a damper on confidence. Exclusive survey results from the fourth annual NREI / NIC Seniors Housing Market Study indicate a more positive outlook across the board on questions related to improving fundamentals, access to capital and transaction […]