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CoStar’s monthly National Composite Index of Commercial Real Estate increased for the seventh consecutive month in November 2011.  I know its January 19, 2012, but it takes them around 45 days to [...]

America’s largest retail trade organization forecasts a healthy 3.4% growth for 2012.  That’s below the 4.7% of 2011, but the rate of growth for 2012 is sustainable at least until the next bust [...]

I think 2012 will be a considerably better year for commercial real estate and an improved year for single family residential. I’m working with out of state retail buyers looking for out of [...]

This is old news that this was coming given what the banking industry has been through over the last 3 ½ years. However, since I have several clients looking at buying bank branches with some of [...]

Even the the office market is picking up around Columbus and Central Ohio with a positive absorption of 303,207 square feet for the fourth quarter of 2011.  Major tenants leasing space last year [...]

According to Randyl Drummer at CoStar News, non residential commercial construction posted a 4.5% gain in November over same month last year.  All segments showed solid gains. Residential [...]

Owners and potential sellers – we have a need for single tenant, triple net NNN leased or better yet, absolute net, long corporate leased retail.  We have 1031 exchange uplegs and we need [...]

According to Roger Vincent with the LA Times.  “As 2011 came to a close, some commercial real estate experts found promising signs in often troubled markets.” I agree, but that’s quite an [...]

International Retailer seeks Central Ohio franchisee for entire Columbus MSA.  They are not interested in individual store franchisees, but a franchisee for entire market on an exclusive basis.  [...]

Since this should be much stronger year for retail I thought this would be of interest to a few folks considering a franchise.  There were 13,725 new units added and a 16 percent growth over 2010 [...]

The Ohio EPA has agreed not to impede the redevopment of the 6 ½ acre second site of the plan at Kingsdale Shopping Center at 1760 – 1800 Zollinger Road in Upper Arlington.  The site is the home [...]

The residential market is coming back across the state of Ohio so says Ohio Association of Realtors.  The number of single family homes and condos put under contract brought the Pending Home [...]

As Columbus begins celebration of its bicentennial year in 2012, many major projects are complete or in progress.  Completed includes two new major downtown parks, Columbus Commons and Scioto [...]

Retailer seeks Central Ohio franchisee for entire Columbus MSA.  Great brand that has never been here before.  Potential of seven to ten stores.  It makes no difference whether the real estate is [...]

I know I’ve been posting more residential real estate news over the last week or so than I have commercial.  Commercial real estate pretty much shuts down this time of the year unless you [...]

CoStar News reports that starts of multiunit residential construction were up 32.2% from October 2011 to 230,000, which is the highest since September 2008.  True, the number of new apartment [...]

Homes sales in Central Ohio were 1,406 for the month and that’s up almost 7% over November last year.  Homes going into contract increased 37% last month over a year ago making November the [...]

The Columbus and Central Ohio jobless number was 7.6% in October 2011 and dropped to 6.6% in November 2011.  That’s a major improvement. That’s the best in three years. The lowest was Delaware [...]

For the first time since 2008, overall commercial real estate prices are on the increase.  CoStar’s monthly National Composite Index of Commercial Real Estate increased 2.2% and that’s the first [...]