A new 176,290 square foot Walmart Supercenter is going in just north of Hard Road on Sawmill in what used to be the Olde Sawmill Square retail center that’s been mostly empty and decaying [...]
If it’s one thing that markets hate, especially commercial real estate, that’s uncertainty. Also, election really matter and this one made the situation more uncertain. In fact, [...]
We all know that the single tenant, triple net, national credit, retail supply has been tight all year with cap rates falling to the 5 to 6% range. I expect to see the supply side loosen up a [...]
Single tenant, net leased retail has continued to gain strength as an asset class. With an economy barely growing, one could wonder why is triple net and absolute net retail as strong as it is? [...]
The recovery is spreading west, which had been a deeply affect region of the country by the residential housing collapsed combined with the deep recession. There has been a few technology and/or [...]
I’m not saying that we’re quite back to pre crash levels of pricing but we’re getting there. Given the general malaise in the American economy with job growth, GDP growth and most other [...]
Randyl Drummer from CoStar News reported that after months of negotiations the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) agreed on [...]
I’m going to do a real quick, hopefully brief ‘Cliff Notes’ summary of these two important documents. This of course applies to not only retail, but any commercial transaction where there is a [...]
7I’ve been writing about this topic for most of the last 18 months. There is very little supply out there of the triple net or absolute net, single tenant, national credit retail opportunities, [...]
Today, I’m going to take a look at the preferred type of product for most of my buyers, and frankly for most buyers on the market these days, and that is triple net or absolute net, single [...]
Before I discuss some of the common pitfalls to be aware of by a potential buyer when evaluating a property for purchase, I’ll review the clauses that at least should be included in a commercial [...]
There are big differences on expansion plans for 2012 as we come out of this giant downturn and Obama Care goes into to full effect in 2014. To summarize: Rite Aid hopes to return to limited [...]
As primary markets get ridiculously overpriced and the much preferred single tenant, triple net or absolute net corporate leased retail properties more and more unavailable, investor focus is [...]
CoStar’s monthly National Composite Index of Commercial Real Estate posted gains in eight of the last nine months for January 2012. True, it’s March 15, 2012, but it takes them around 45 days to [...]
Several new under construction, 20 year absolute net leased, single tenant, single parcel Walgreens in various areas of the country are available as of today, individually or as a portfolio. This [...]
Randyl Drummer from CoStar news writes, and I agree, that retail rents will begin to rise this year. It’s not so much a huge increase in demand as much as there is virtually no increase in [...]
It’s back! Business is cranking again and the phone is ringing. CoStar news reports that the dollar volume of commercial real estate transactions are back up to historical long term average and [...]
Positive net absorption has continued for the last eight consecutive quarters. The first half of the year was strong then third quarter weakened due to the uncertainly caused by the U.S. debt [...]
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 [...]