Millennials, Southern Cities Drive Self Storage

Millennials, Southern Cities Drive Self Storage

There are some interesting fundamental changes taking place in commercial real estate’s self-storage sector that should strengthen the property type in the coming year, according to a new Marcus & Millichap report. The use of these facilities by millennials...
Data Center Momentum Continues

Data Center Momentum Continues

The data center sector of commercial real estate is a force to be reckoned with. Investment in the property type has exponentially increased over the last few years, but 2017 was a watershed, according to a CBRE report. Spending on data centers hit $20 billion last...
Are Shipping Containers the Apartments of the Future?

Are Shipping Containers the Apartments of the Future?

There are a lot of multifamily shortages in the United States, especially when it comes to affordable housing. Could shipping containers be a solution? There was a recent report on CNN about how shipping containers are housing workers in Bangalore, India’s tech...

PHX Retail and Industrial Vacancy Rates Improve

Colliers had some good news with its fourth-quarter reports on two sectors of the Phoenix commercial real estate market: retail and industrial. Vacancy rates for both property types are apparently decreasing. On the retail front, Colliers says Phoenix retail vacancy...

Hotel Sector Keeps Picking Up Steam

The hotel sector of commercial real estate saw a bit of a lag for a few years during the Great Recession, but that is starting to change. Many hotel operators and managers are starting to get more aggressive with their expansion and investment plans. One of the newest...