News

Taxes and inflation are coming. Real estate has historically been a good hedge against inflation and with interest rates at levels never seen before, this might be an opportunity of a lifetime to acquire property. However, it is sobering to think how we, the taxpayers, will pay back the trillions of dollars of deb recently…

The sudden economic downturn brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically cut second-quarter leasing activity and deal volume to their lowest levels since the 2008-09 recession. Net absorption also fell into the red in Q2 as the vacancy rate ticked up 30 basis points to 3.5%. There were 367 lease deals in Q2, a nearly…

The economy seemed poised for a correction. It had been ten years since the last downturn and any catalyst would send us down again. This time it was a pandemic that started the collapse. Now with the highest unemployment rate ever recorded and with ongoing Covid-19 concerns, we are seeing the collapse in the form…

Demand for industrial space through March was the strongest of the last 15 quarters, pushing the vacancy rate down to 3.4% just as California, the nation and world were hit with the biggest health crisis in 100 years,throwing the global economy into reverse. Nearly 10 million U.S. workers, including 1 million Californians, sought initial jobless…

A changing consumer should spell another strong year for the net-lease industrial sector, particularly in the inland regions of the Western U.S. By Mollie Alteri, REBusinessOnline.com The single-tenant net lease industrial market had another tremendous year of activity in 2019. Preliminary figures tell us last year should look a lot like 2018’s record-setting levels of…

Despite healthy fourth-quarter growth from nearly 318,000 SF of net absorption, demand for Orange County industrial space in 2019 ended in negative territory for the third straight year and rents grew at their lowest rate in five years. Net absorption for the year was negative 1.26 million SF spread across the county’s four markets –…

Tenant demand for Orange County industrial space posted a slight overall gain in the third quarter. But asking lease rates have leveled off this year after increasing an average of about 5% annually for the previous three years. Following five straight quarters of negative absorption countywide, net absorption totaled 77,114 SF in Q3. But demand…

Online shopping and delivery models aren’t just for had and soft goods anymore. The dark horse bringing up the rear is one that has been embraced by pizza and Chinese restaurants long ago. It’s food delivery. Online food deliver was a $30 billion industry in 2017, accounting for 5 percent of a restaurant’s total sales,…

Easing overall demand for industrial space continued in the second quarter, pushing up the countywide vacancy rate to 3.9%, a percentage point more than a year ago and its highest in five years. Tenants shed 519,062 SF in the second quarter and 1,826,119 SF of space in the first half, the most since the recession….

Over the past decade, there has been a major focus on the Millennial generation regarding buying habits, behaviors and lifestyle. Though this data is still important, it is also time to start thinking about the next generation of influencers, Generation Z. The Millennial generation – currently composed of more than 70 million individuals born between…