Industrial Big Box Leasing Is On a Tear
2024 could be the third-highest year for industrial big-box leasing, CBRE projects. Even though a spate of new construction in 2023 brought a record 413 million SF to market, it expects that abundant supply to be short-lived. “Investor sentiment has significantly improved from last year as industrial operating fundamentals remain solid and the credit market […]
Fed’s Powell: Rate Cuts Likely Delayed This Year
If inflation continues, long-anticipated interest rate cuts may not happen this year, the Federal Reserve chair said. Interest rates influence mortgage rates. WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer […]
Business Rent Tax Reduction Set for June
A cut in the state’s commercial lease sales tax, from 4.5% to 2.0%, will begin on June 1, weeks earlier than originally expected. Business owners will see an earlier-than-anticipated reduction to the state’s lease tax, beginning in June rather than July, state leaders said. Florida’s commercial lease sales tax rate, also known as the Business […]
Commercial Preparing for Maturing Loans
With about a quarter of commercial mortgages maturing this year, smaller banks are preparing for the economic pressure. Experts say the stress is not expected to produce broader financial implications. NEW YORK – The popularity of remote work in the United States has emptied office buildings, a cause for worry as their value falls and […]
The Fed Declares Interest Rates Have Reached Their Peak
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell declared the end of the current monetary tightening cycle on Wednesday as policymakers decided to hold interest rates steady. “The policy rate is at its peak in this tightening cycle,” Powell told reporters after the Fed’s policy-making committee’s first meeting of the year. The decision left the Fed’s overnight lending […]
More Multistory Industrial Buildings Are Coming. What Will That Mean?
There aren’t many multistory warehouses in the US, but that will soon change as the US relies more on e-commerce. These buildings, which typically exceed 200,000 square feet, are concentrated in New York, Seattle, and Chicago, according to a new report from CBRE. Two more facilities are proposed in San Francisco. Most existing facilities are […]
Prologis Expects To Buy, Sell More Industrial Property This Year
Executives at the world’s largest industrial developer and landlord expect to ramp up property sales and acquisitions this year as they bet that almost all its warehouse properties will remain leased and rents will keep rising in the face of economic uncertainty. Prologis anticipates raising $800 million to $1.2 billion from selling properties in 2024 […]
Mormon Church buys $174M industrial park in Hialeah, the biggest warehouse deal of 2023
It was the biggest industrial transaction in Miami-Dade County in 2023. Six warehouses in Hialeah were snagged for $174.3 million, but the buyer wasn’t a major corporation or manufacturer. It was the Mormon Church. It’s not yet clear what the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church, plans to […]
Fed Presses Pause on Interest Rates Once Again to Close Out 2023
The Federal Reserve held short-term interest rates steady to close its 2023 calendar in a move that positions commercial real estate for a potential rebound in transaction volume next year, according to analysts. The central bank kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at between 5.25 percent and 5.5 percent for a third straight meeting after bringing rates […]
Developers Looking to Infinity and Beyond to Create Commercial Opportunities in Fla.
Florida’s Space Coast will be the home to three warehouses with more than 600,000 square feet for the aerospace industry. The Texas-based Hines real estate investment firm is partnering with local developer Key Group on a $500 million industrial park near Florida’s Cape Canaveral, aiming to cash in on the booming aerospace industry. The real-estate […]
