March 3, 2023

Macerich Refinances Arizona Mall: Goldman Sachs is heading to market with a portion of a $700 million loan in a single-borrower, single-property commercial mortgage-backed securities deal — the first such mall-backed offering since

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Going into 2023 has been for CRE a bit like jumping into a mountain lake and feeling that surge of cold racing through your body. The uncertainty about valuations, the economy, and interest and cap rates. It’s understandable that transactions have

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Housing affordability dropped to a new low nationally and in Arizona during the fourth quarter of 2022. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index, released February 9, indicated that only

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No, it doesn’t signal an end of the Treasury yield curve inversion, whether 10-year to 2-year, 10-year to 3-month, or any other variation you’d like to suggest. So, no, there isn’t a sudden end to that traditional sign of an upcoming recession. However, yields on

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March 2, 2023

A dream more than 10 years in the making for a Valley biotech innovation hub is finally coming to fruition. Mayo Clinic has submitted its zoning application with the city of Phoenix to develop Discovery Oasis, a 120-acre medical and

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LaSalle Investment Management, an independent subsidiary of JLL, bought a 240-unit apartment complex near Chandler as out-of-state investors keep snapping up multifamily properties in greater Phoenix. LaSalle paid

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The rising cost of capital has stalled most commercial real estate development in 2023. Unless projects were already underway or financing had been secured, there will be few projects started, according to John Chang, senior vice president of

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If you’ve recently searched for a rental and got the feeling that new apartments are getting tinier, you got it right. According to our new analysis, the average size of newly built apartments has decreased by 54 square feet – from

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The Valley was one of the most resilient areas nationwide during the pandemic, a new report by the Brookings Institution shows. Brookings on Feb. 28 released its Metro Monitor 2023, a report that offers a comprehensive look of

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March 1, 2023

February marked a return to positive rent growth – albeit by just 0.3 percent nationally – after five straight month-over-month declines, according to the March 2023 Rent Report from Apartment List. Despite that minor milestone, for

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Two out-of-state developers plan to build nearly 2,000 build-to-rent units across metro Phoenix — bringing a unique approach to the wildly popular niche that originated in Arizona and is taking the country by storm.

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On Monday night, the Goodyear City Council took the next steps to make its future downtown a reality. The council unanimously approved the agreement between key partners of GSQ – the future downtown of Goodyear – and also

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The mortgage industry has been on a roller coaster ride this year due to a resilient economy. In the span of a month, mortgage rates shot up near 7% after dropping to the low 6%-levels.  “The economy continues to show strength, and

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After historical performance, it’s tough to top yourself. Multifamily has faced that challenge, according to Marcus & Millichap’s 2023 Multifamily National Investment Forecast. How do you beat the performance that multifamily established

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February 28, 2023

Hotel loans that have been packaged as commercial mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, typically give borrowers the option to extend the loan beyond the stipulated due date by an additional year or two. Facing the suddenly elevated interest rate

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Experts are at odds over when a recession might occur. On the whole, they’re expecting one. But timing is the question. Well, one of many, to be accurate. ‘The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) recently released

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As much as 1.4 billion square feet of U.S. office space could become functionally obsolete by the end of the decade. That’s according to a new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield PLC (NYSE: CWK), which examined which categories of

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Development of industrial and warehouse construction projects accounted for a major part of commercial real estate expenditures nationwide in 2022. With the Phoenix metro being one of the fastest-growing industrial markets in the country,

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“The world has changed and so has the world of development,” says Charley Freericks, senior vice president of Catellus Development Corporation. “Three years of living with COVID-19 has created new economic pressures, social inequities and a

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February 27, 2023

When it comes to commercial real estate development, Arizona is the second highest ranking state in the U.S. for overall contributions of real estate to state GDP of $91.3 billion, $41.2 billion in direct spending, $37 billion in personal earnings, and

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Pei Wei Asian Kitchen, a fast-casual restaurant chain that once was headquartered in Scottsdale, has plans to open several new locations around the Valley in 2023. The company, which is now based in Dallas after separating from

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Ideally located near the Scottsdale Quarter, San Bellara takes traditional apartment living to the next level. Mark-Taylor Residential, Arizona’s leading developer, owner, and investment manager of multifamily communities, announced the grand opening

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Buying and lending expectations are in flux in most commercial real estate sectors as investors and lenders plan to significantly reduce their activity in 2023 due to rising interest rates, economic uncertainty, and associated impacts on values, according to

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U.S. commercial property prices, particularly for apartments, declined in January as high interest rates drove the number of transactions to new lows. CoStar Group reported lower prices in both of its closely watched composite indices that

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February 26, 2023

WASHINGTON — In recent weeks, Gina Raimondo, the commerce secretary, has talked with Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, spent time with the president of Arizona State University and appeared at a conference with the mayor of Phoenix. Their discussions centered on

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