Jan 11 2015
From Cassidy Turley: Heading into this year’s holiday shopping season analysts were exceedingly cautious. Last year most of us predicted sales growth in the 3.5% to 4.5% range. The average increase in retail sales over the holidays has averaged 3.2% over the past decade. Those numbers include a brutal 2008 when, at the front end …
Jan 11 2015
From JLL: Now at its strongest point in the recovery, the economy grew by nearly 3.0 million jobs in 2014, pushing unemployment to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2008. As a result, markets across the country recorded expansionary activity as corporate confidence grew along with demand for office space. Annual net absorption …
Jan 04 2015
JLL analyzes key performance indicators covering 600 cities worldwide, identifying 300 cities they believe will account for the bulk of economic and commercial real estate activity over the next decade.
Dec 28 2014
From CBRE: Cost Increases Signal Economic Momentum The cost to occupy prime office space keeps rising. One reason why: global, multinational organizations need the highest-grade, best-located properties to attract and retain top talent—and are willing to pay a premium to obtain it. Of the 126 office markets tracked around the globe, over half (74 markets) …
Dec 08 2014
From Cassidy Turley: The U.S. economy is accelerating and the property markets are beginning to resemble pre-recession form. Real GDP is on track to come in just above 2% for 2014 (we estimate 2.3%), but the real underlying growth rate—absent the weather-induced drop in the first quarter of the year—is closer to 4%. Demand for …
Dec 08 2014
From Cushman & Wakefield: We set out to survey the largest and most active retail property investors in Europe to gauge attitudes among the leading innovators in the field. The survey was based on an email questionnaire and we received responses from 22 players, speaking for nearly 1,500 centres, more than 20% of the European …
Nov 24 2014
Colliers latest report takes a comprehensive look at the 3Q market in multiple North American cities throughout America and Canada. • Job growth drove office demand in both the U.S. and Canada through the first three quarters of 2014. Employment grew year-over-year in both countries, with the U.S. on pace to create the most jobs …
Nov 17 2014
From Cushman & Wakefield: From a global perspective, 2014 was a better year for the office real estate sector, with many markets in much better shape than twelve months ago, and on solid footing heading into 2015. Of course, there are a number of exceptions, particularly in markets in or near areas of political instability, …
Oct 31 2014
Deloitte Report Download: 2015 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: Enhance Technology. Enable Innovation.
Oct 26 2014
From JLL: United States commercial real estate investing trends: What’s moving across property types, where and why? As your source commercial real estate investing insight, every six months JLL’s expert research team closely examines movement across all U.S. property types to identify the trends impacting your investment strategy. The result is our biannual U.S. Cross Sector …
