March 17, 2023

Atlanta-based EV Hotel Group is seeking a $150,000 grant to help with costs in redeveloping and preserving the former City Center Motel in downtown Phoenix. The company is planning to build one of its first smart hotels around

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March 16, 2023

Arizona has been the site of dozens of build-to-rent communities, but so far, few have sold. The 147-unit Havenly Fountain Hills was recently purchased for $68.3 million, about $464,000 per unit. The Private Portfolio group out of

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The U.S. office market could be saddled with 330 million square feet of obsolete space by the end of the decade that would need to be repositioned lest vacancy rates rise to undesirable levels, according to a new analysis by Cushman & Wakefield.

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An entity tracing to KHP Capital Partners acquired The Camby, Autograph Collection from an entity tracing to Host Hotels and Resorts for $110,000,000, with $84,450,000 in seller-carried debt. The hotel is located in the iconic Camelback Corridor.

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LightBox recently wrote that a number of factors suggest that CRE professionals avoid overconfidence. Stifel investment banking firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) went further, believing the industry is headed for a hard landing. But more specifically

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Jericho, New York-based Kimco Realty Corp. has submitted plans for a multifamily complex as one of the first redevelopment efforts for the Christown Spectrum mall, which was the oldest operating indoor mall in Phoenix.

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March 15, 2023

A majority of landlords (57%) say managing the financial impact of the current economy is a top priority in 2023, according to the 2023 VTS Global Landlord Report, and a large majority said the technology will help them to do that. Some 86% of landlords

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From the start, Novus Innovation Corridor was designed to be distinctly different. Now, well into Phase III of its development, Novus is realizing its vision of creating a walkable, sustainable neighborhood adjacent to 

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For a while now, the Federal Reserve’s mantra has been “data dependency” in determining the direction of monetary policy. But what happens when macroeconomic data remains robust, pointing to a continued tightening path, while

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Scottsdale-based Keystone Homes sold its first build-to-rent project and now has four more in the pipeline totaling $197 million in development costs. A year after completing construction, the 147-unit luxury rental community

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Record growth in apartment rents in some of the biggest U.S. metropolitan areas coincided with more short-term rental listings, renewing concerns about housing affordability as more property owners cater to travelers rather than

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March 14, 2023

Phoenix-area inflation continues its gradual cooling, but the latest measure shows consumer price pressures here remain among the steepest in the nation even as they declined by one percentage point since the last reading. The

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Both interest rate hikes and cap rate expansion will peak later this year and should decrease in 2024. As a result, today’s opportunity to buy assets for lower prices may not last very long, according to CBRE’s H2 2022 Cap Rate Survey. The survey was

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Cash is still not only king in metro Phoenix — at least when it comes to home sales — but it’s also becoming more popular. All-cash deals represented 42.6% of all home sales in metro Phoenix in 2022, up 3% from 41.3% in 2021 and a huge jump from

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MESA, Ariz. — Once a busy center for shopping in Mesa, Fiesta Mall has been sitting empty and left vandalized for years. But new plans submitted to the City of Mesa this week show potential ideas to demolish Fiesta Mall and build

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A drop in home mortgage rates, a pause (or even cut) by the Federal Reserve at its March 22 meeting, and the need to obtain new letters of credit are among the matters to ponder as commercial real estate companies and venture-capital groups

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March 13, 2023

Nowhere in the United States has the impact of in-migration been felt more acutely over the past few years than in the U.S. Sun Belt. This area, stretching from Phoenix to Florida and up to Tennessee and the Carolinas, experienced a surge in

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Recent news of major office landlords Brookfield Property Partners LP and Columbia Property Trust defaulting on loans for prominent U.S. office properties may’ve sent a shiver through an already anxious commercial real estate industry. But are they

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When Barbi Reuter, CEO and principal of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services in Tucson, Arizona, went to write an opening statement for an annual awards ceremony, she decided to open up the artificial

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Evergreen Devco, Inc., a leading retail and multifamily development company, announced today the opening of its 258-unit Parc Tolleson multifamily community located at 89th Avenue and McDowell Road in Tolleson. “Parc Tolleson offers

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Despite elevated manufacturing and consumer goods production through 2022, the industrial sector is reflecting the start of a softening period, according to Ermengarde Jabir, senior economist at Moody’s Analytics, in a report

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March 10, 2023

The fallout around Friday morning’s closure of Silicon Valley Bank — one of the largest bank failures in history — isn’t limited to the tech sector. The institution, a lender favored by startups that went under abruptly after a

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Talos Holdings started work on a “new” multifamily luxury rental community in East Mesa. The developer says the individualized living experience, The ONE at Mountain Vista (The ONE) will offer residents a unique alternative to

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Fundamental Income Properties, an investment firm specializing in sale-leaseback deals and bankrolled by Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management, is for the first time looking to sell securities in a fundraising effort tied to

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The Arizona self storage sector continues to be generous compared to other states. According to a recent StorageCafe study, most cities in Arizona are deemed renter-friendly, with plenty of storage options and reasonable prices.

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