PICOR Connect | Trends in Commercial Real Estate

Our top sale last week was of a historical office building architecturally ahead of its time where one of our office specialists, Richard M. Kleiner, MBA, Principal, represented the seller. Our top lease was an industrial space from a local catering company that not only serves exceptional food but provides catering for emergency responders during crises. Paul Hooker, SIOR, Principal, Andrew[…]

The multi-family and industrial team produced the top sale and lease transactions last week at C&W | PICOR. Allan Mendelsberg, Principal, and Conrad Joey Martinez recently sold an apartment property near the University of Arizona. Across the border, Jose Dabdoub, Industrial Specialist, represented the tenant during the lease of a warehouse distribution center in Mexico.  

Sunday, October 2 from 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM at Reid Park, Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR employees, family members, and friends of the firm will mix, pour, flip and serve as many pancakes as you can eat! 

Consumer spending has been trending away from soft goods into experiences, food, and entertainment driven by post-COVIDdemand.

Throughout Q2 2022, the Tucson market remained relatively strong compared to other one million plus population markets.

During Q2, overall activity remained static despite more workers returning to the office. National companies were more likely to insist on a return to the office while local employers took more time to work alternatives.

Overall market sales volume remains strong with $68.1 million trading this quarter.

In its 27^th year, the PICOR Charitable Foundation was again barred from flipping pancakes for the Tucson community by pandemic conditions, yet through the generosity of donors committed to supporting non-profit youth programs in the region, the Foundation raised its first-ever six figures in donations, bringing in $124,910.

Not a day goes by that one of our landlord clients, an appraiser, or lender doesn’t ask us what the Tucson office market will look like once we work our way through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We certainly wish we had a crystal ball that could see through this conundrum; however, it just isn’t that easy. The crystal ball, as clouded as it is, probably would not hold a vision of this pandemic[…]

In Q2, Tucson’s post-pandemic office market began to re-center itself, as vaccinations became more widespread, and employers planned their return to office strategies. Vacancy rose to 9.5%, with an expectation it will approach 10.0% by year-end before stabilizing. Activity was strongest in the healthcare-related fields, with hospice, home health care, counseling and therapy uses most prevalent.