The year 2026 has brought long-awaited openings to the Valley, from gas stations and chains like Buc-ee’s to supermarkets including Trader Joe’s. Some of these grocery stores are expanding in metro Phoenix, while others, such as Seafood City, have opened their doors in Arizona for the first time. The California-based supermarket chain, which specializes in Filipino ingredients, food and desserts, was met with a large number of fans lining up in the heat during the grand
The July employment report was weaker than expected, with nonfarm payrolls declining by 23,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, breaking a four-month streak of jobs gains. The number was far below consensus estimates of roughly 80,000 to 85,000 job gains. Moreover, downward revisions for both May and June left employment gains over the prior two months 103,000 lower than previously reported, suggesting that the labor market may
A new shopping center that will be anchored by a Sprouts Farmers Market (Nasdaq: SFM) location is set to be built in Goodyear’s Estrella master-planned community, amid a spurt in fast-track retail projects around the West Valley. The shopping center, which will be built out in multiple phases, is set to break ground in the first quarter of 2027. Common Bond Development Group, the developer behind some major retail and hospitality projects in the Valley, including the Global
Comparing the first seven months of 2026 with last year, existing single-family home sales rose 5.1% in Metro Phoenix, according to the latest activity data from Phoenix REALTORS®. At the same time, pending sales held nearly even, down just 0.6%, and new listings dropped 2.8% in the metro area. In Maricopa County alone, year-to-date sales were the same as the overall region, up 5.2%, pending sales flat with a 0.1% drop, and new listings were down 3.2%. Pinal County, the second-largest
McCarthy Building Cos. has started work on its 12-acre employee training campus in Tempe. The employee-owned, Missouri-based construction company is turning a former DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, located at the southwest corner of Broadway Road and Priest Drive, into the McCarthy Anchor Campus. It will serve as a centralized learning hub and hotel for use by its 8,000 employees nationwide with an anticipated opening date in early 2028. SmithGroup is the architect for the
New York-based Mack Real Estate Group’s debut industrial project in Deer Valley was a hit. Now it’s taking the same approach that it used for Mack Innovation Park off Interstate 17 and the Loop 101 as it develops the first industrial buildings alongside McCourt Partners within Halo Vista – a 2,400-acre master-planned mixed-use community surrounding Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s north Phoenix campus. The first phase will have seven buildings of various sizes
Walmart Inc. is bulking up its portfolio for future development in Phoenix. The retail giant bought 79 acres in Buckeye across two deals, paying over $20 million for the land. Walmart first acquired 39.09 acres near State Route 85 and Southern Avenue from Cardinal Capital Co. for $11.82 million on July 31. Less than a week later, Walmart paid $9.57 million for 40 acres on the southeast corner of Apache and Maricopa roads in a deal with Zeitlin Capital on August 5. The two sites are about
Common Bond Development Group, the developers behind some of the Southwest’s most notable retail and hospitality projects, today announced details for its latest commercial development: a premium, grocery-anchored shopping center in the master-planned community of Estrella in Goodyear, Arizona. Initiated to fill a retail void in the surrounding community, the project brings together the City of Goodyear, developer Harvard Investments, and anchor tenant Sprouts Farmers
A 19-story Phoenix office tower is set to be transformed into a JW Marriott hotel, bringing more luxury hospitality offerings to the downtown market. Las Vegas-based LaPour Partners is behind the reimagining of the office tower at the Arizona Center at 400 E. Van Buren St. that will become a 340-room hotel – along with new restaurants, a resort style pool, fitness center, ballroom, meeting spaces and a club lounge on the upper levels of the property. The property is across the street from
INDUS Realty Trust has acquired a fully leased, 418,000-square-foot Class A warehouse and distribution facility in the Phoenix market, expanding its local industrial portfolio to more than 1.5 million square feet less than two years after entering the region. The property is located in the Tolleson submarket and provides direct connectivity to Interstate 10, a major freight corridor linking Phoenix with Southern California. The modern cross-dock facility includes extensive
An entity tracing to Dallas-based Knightvest Capital paid $73.65 million for a 254-unit apartment community in midtown Phoenix, according to Tempe-based Vizzda LLC real estate database. Previously called Pavilions on Central Apartments, the property at 1 W. Campbell Ave. was sold by an entity tracing to Security Properties. Closing on July 29, the property has been rebranded as Dryden. This acquisition brings Knightvest’s Phoenix portfolio to 5,229 units across 13 properties in metro
Another coffee chain, one with a much smaller Arizona footprint, told a Texas bankruptcy court Aug. 7 that it had submitted a better offer to buy Salad and Go’s assets than Dutch Bros. 7 Brew, which announced its first Arizona locations in 2025, said the company had submitted a letter of intent that offered a better dollar-for-dollar value than Dutch Bros’ offer, Ross Fiedler, an attorney representing 7 Brew, said at the hearing. “I think there have been burdens placed on this marketing
The combination of an improved year-end outlook and better-than-expected performance in the second quarter has led Host Hotels & Resorts to raise its revenue per available room outlook. During the hotel real estate investment trust’s second-quarter earnings call, Jim Risoleo, chairman, president and CEO of Host, said the company now expects both its comparable hotel RevPAR growth and comparable hotel total RevPAR growth to both range between 4.75% to 5.25%. That’s an
AEW Capital Management has acquired Park 91, a two-building, 278,825-square-foot industrial park in Tolleson, Arizona, from Martens Development for $71.5 million, or about $256 per square foot. AEW acquired the industrial park on behalf of a separate account client. Public registry filings identify the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada as the member of the recorded buying entity, NP Park 91, with AEW Capital Management as manager. The industrial park, constructed in
The Phoenix office market continued to show signs of stabilization during the second quarter of 2026 as tenant demand shifted toward high-quality suburban properties, offsetting challenges that continue to weigh on the urban core, according to a new report from Transwestern. Strong leasing activity, positive absorption and a shrinking supply of sublease space suggest the market is gradually finding its footing after several years of post-pandemic adjustment. According to
Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 16% higher in the second quarter of 2026 than in the year-ago period, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. Dollar volume increased 12% from Q1 of 2026, MBA said. Increased originations for retail, office, hotel, industrial and multifamily properties led to an overall increase in commercial/multifamily lending volumes. Dollar
Commercial real estate pricing is no longer moving in one direction. Property values are rising again, but Green Street’s latest data makes clear that the recovery is being led by a relatively narrow group of sectors rather than a broad return to the market conditions that prevailed before interest rates reset. Green Street’s Commercial Property Price Index rose 1% in July and 5.2% over the past 12 months. Yet the all-property index remains 13.4% below its 2022 peak, underscoring how
See which other metrics improved in The Valley of the Sun. Phoenix’s office market reached midyear 2026 on steadier footing than many peer metros. Vacancy continued to edge lower and remained below the national average, while asking rents increased year-over-year despite the metro’s relatively affordable pricing. Investment activity also outpaced most peer markets, placing Phoenix among the nation’s top 10 by sales volume. At the same time, construction activity
To see where future growth in the Valley is focused, pay attention to the land auctions. Business is very good these days. The Arizona State Land Department just reported a record-setting year, bringing in $817.8 million through land sales and leases in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s nearly double what it brought in in the previous fiscal year, which was close to $452 million. A handful of major auctions drove the surge in dollar amounts and involved notable buyers
Location can influence how bright or gloomy our daily lives feel. Thankfully, Arizona averages about 300 days of sunshine each year, making it one of the sunniest regions in the United States and home to six of the 30 happiest cities in America, according to an analysis from Wallethub. “Research shows that having more money only increases your happiness until you’re making at least $75,000 per year – anything more you earn likely won’t have an impact,” says Chip Lupo, WalletHub
The U.S. industrial market could reach a turning point in late 2027, CoStar reported. Vacancy is expected to rise slightly through the early part of next year before making a gradual descent, with demand beginning to outpace supply late in the year. The national industrial vacancy rate remains in the mid-7% range entering the third quarter of 2026 and is expected to edge higher before beginning a steady decline. CoStar characterized this outlook as a modest improvement from the previous
U.S. office performance is on a heater to start 2026, bolstered by strong leasing activity, improved asking rent growth and an uptick in office investment volume. Underlying office fundamentals continue to improve as the asset class ascends from the murky depths of the pandemic. Office leasing activity in the first half of the year hit 127.3M SF, the strongest leasing volume in the first six months of a year since 2019, according to a Savills report. The first-half volume was 13% ahead of
MovingPlace has released its new mid-year report, revealing America’s hottest ZIP codes of the first half of 2026 and Surprise, Ariz., is one of the hot spots for movers in 2026. The report first looked at the areas who saw the biggest ranking changes when compared to the previous year, and now looks at the locations with the most move activity based on per capita moves. The Top U.S. ZIP Codes People Are Moving To in the First Half of 2026
Headwinds tempered deal activity, yet outliers still emerged, according to Yardi Matrix. Persistent inflation and high interest rates, as well as safe Treasury notes, have fueled a slowdown in multifamily investment throughout the U.S. earlier in the year. The national sales volume was down more than 10 percent during the first five months of 2026 compared to the same period of last year, according to a Yardi Matrix report. Headwinds have been felt nationally and Western U.S. markets
The Green Street Commercial Property Price Index increased 1.0% in July 2026. Over the past 12 months, the all-property index has increased 5.2%. “Prices are up 5% over the past year,” said Peter Rothemund, co-head of strategic research at Newport Beach-based Green Street. “Rental income is 2-3% higher over that time, and the remainder of the appreciation is from lower cap rates for select property types. I don’t think we’ll see further declines in cap rates. Real estate fundamentals are