January 28, 2012
Office Landlords Poised to Regain Upper Hand 2011 Sees Office Leasing, Sales and Pricing Improve Amid Growth In Office Jobs and Rising Tenant Demand. Outlook Has Landlords Preparing To Sing: “Our Day Will Come” … CoStar Group Where Did All the Workers Go? 60 Years of Economic Change The decline of manufacturing over the last 60 [...]
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January 27, 2012
The (Nasdaq +1.7%) and (S&P 500 + 0.5%) posted a fourth straight week of gains, but the Dow ended the week in negative territory, down 0.5%. On the commercial real estate front Real Capital Analyitcs reported that U.S. commercial property sales rose 57 percent to more than $220 billion in 2011 and CoStar Group released [...]
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January 26, 2012
We asked our researchers to make some big predictions for 2012. In short, we’re expecting something of a mixed bag this year. Look for modest U.S. economic growth, modest office and industrial absorption and a big bump in property investment volumes. Quality warehouse properties will be the new investment star of the year U.S. GDP [...]
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January 25, 2012
Double Digit Hikes in Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance Rates Expected in Houston Despite minimal hurricane activity, 2011 was one of the worst catastrophe years in history, the result from a rash of tornado and storm activity throughout the United States. Commercial property/casualty insurance rates are expected to increase in the 5% range overall in [...]
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January 23, 2012
2.9M SF in Houston’s Industrial Construction Pipeline – 1.8M SF is Spec Development Houston’s industrial market fundamentals continue to strengthen with over 1.5M SF of positive net absorption in the fourth quarter, pushing year-end absorption to 4.4M SF. Houston’s industrial vacancy continues to decrease, averaging 5.2% in the fourth quarter, 40 basis points (bps) less [...]
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January 21, 2012
What’s this Paragraph About Substitute Premises? Commercial leases typically contain a provision allowing the Landlord to move tenants from one location within a project to another to accommodate a larger tenant should contiguous space become available during the lease term. No tenant whether office, retail or industrial should casually accept this provision provided they have [...]
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January 20, 2012
Stocks finished higher for a third straight week as the Dow rose 2.4%, the S&P 500 gained 2.0% and the Nasdaq spiked 2.8%. On the commercial real estate front the American Institute of Architects reported an increase in the Architectural Billing Index for the second straight month and CoStar Group reported a CRE Price Index [...]
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