Archive for the ‘Markets’ Category

Are CAP Rates Heading Back Down?

That is a pretty broad question.  I can’t say for sure for every single product type nor do I really care about CAP Rate trends for multi-tenant office/industrial/multi-family/etc. buildings in the midwest/south/east/etc.  I can make an intelligent guess and say no, CAP Rates are not heading back down, they are continuing to rise – industry-wide.  [...]

Not a Chance in Hell

Here is an email flyer I got yesterday.  These guys are trying to sell 30 acres of raw land for commercial development in Murrieta in a “C” location (on its best day).  Who is buying 30 acres for commercial development in Murrieta right now?  I don’t know anyone with that strategy in their business plan.  [...]

Quick Comments on NYC Office Sublease Market

DealBook has an article up today about the office sublease market in NYC and the impact lower offering rates are having on space offered directly by building owners.  Every time I read about NYC rents my head just spins.  The numbers are just astronomical.  According to the article, average asking rents for Class A office [...]

Office Vacancy at 16.5%

Another post from Calculated Risk showing office vacancy rates since 1991.  We are not as bad as we were in 1991 but it looks like we are heading there.  Graph below from CR.

Inland Empire Vacancy

Calculated risk put up a post yesterday about a topic that is near and dear to my heart: the Inland Empire commercial real estate market.  In summary, the retail vacancy rate continues to rise in the Inland empire.  I also thought it was humorous that the primary source for this data was CB Richard Ellis.  [...]

Inland Empire Shopping Center For Sale – Calling All Investors Seeking To Lose Money

The package embedded below (see update below) just came across my desk today.  It is an offering for a shopping center in Moreno Valley, CA (Inland Empire).  The property consists of three ground leased fast food pads (El Pollo Loco, Del Taco and Wendy’s) as well as approximately 22,670 square feet of retail shops in [...]

Citi Considering Reducing Retail Branch Count

Citigroup may be looking to sell or shut down some of its 1,001 retail bank branches in the U.S. and Canada.  Citi wants to focus on their core markets of New York, Washington, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.  DealBook has more here.
Needless to say, this is not good news for capitalization rates for [...]

Gate Tower Building

Below is an email I received from a friend this morning.  Nothing newsworthy here but it is quite interesting to see a freeway run directly through the middle of a high-rise office building.  I wonder if there is much ambient noise in the adjacent office suites.  Floors 4 and 8 must be the low rent [...]

Comments on Commercial Real Estate Values

Today, Moody’s Investors Services posted its most recent Moody’s/REAL Commercial Property Price Index.  The results show continued price declines in US commercial real estate across the board.  According to the report, CRE values are now 30.8% below those of 1 year ago and 38.7% below peak levels of October 2007.  I found this article published [...]

A Trip to California’s Inland Empire

I went out to the Inland Empire this morning to look at a recently developed retail center.  The center is market anchored and has built-out shop space and a few national tenants operating on pads.  The shop space is approximately 90% vacant.  Here is a photo of the interior of one of the shop buildings:
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