Much has been written about the return to the office after the “Great Pandemic of 2020.” In March 2020 when millions of workers were sent home, speculation began about the “new workplace.” Many said working from home was the wave of the future and would spell the death of the office. Initial surveys showed that as many as 75% of workers wanted to work from home. With the elimination of drive-time, and being home with family, who wouldn’t? Even productivity seemed higher. Then, over time, started the little murmurs, that perhaps the office was not completely extinct. There was perhaps, still a need for the office and that workers wanted to return to the workplace. Recent workforce surveys demonstrate that the 75% want to return to the office, many of them younger, newer to the working world.
Read MorePICOR Connect | Trends in Commercial Real Estate
Topics: Tucson, Economy, Technology, Commercial real estate, Investment property, Market trends, Construction, Office
Trends in the commercial real estate sector often parallel a community’s economic health, and the Tucson business climate is no exception. Industry metrics like vacancy rates, rent trends, and sale prices can track with business sentiment and performance, providing a helpful barometer of the times.
Read MoreTopics: Economy, Commercial real estate, Economic development, Market trends, Leasing, Development, Construction
Over the last year, education was the most visible issue in Arizona. But, if you were watching closely, infrastructure and water issues were discussed and debated throughout the state as well. In some cases progress was made, in others, the conversations continue. In the opening weeks of the 2019 Arizona legislative session, two infrastructure issues dealing with water and highway funding will take center stage.
Read MoreTopics: Tucson, Economy, Economic development, Transportation, Construction, water
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Topics: Economy, Economic development, Community, Investment property, Transportation, Construction
As we entered the second quarter of 2015, key drivers for the Tucson industrial market included logistics and call centers, with the mining industry preparing for the next wave.
Tucson’s unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percentage point to 5.6% in February, considered close to full employment. That being said, the slow pace of job growth remained of primary concern and impeded stronger market progress.
Topics: Tucson, Industrial, Land, Commercial real estate, Investment property, Warehouse, Construction
Creative Brokerage Brings HomeGoods Tucson Distribution Center | RE Daily News
Posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2015
Rob Glaser, CCIM, SIOR, Principal at Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR credited as the mastermind behind this real estate assemblage told us when he first heard of the requirement it was just his intuition that told him Tucson would be an ideal place for the company.
Topics: Tucson, Industrial, Economy, Land, Commercial real estate, Economic development, Warehouse, Development, Construction
Tucson Multifamily: Student Housing & Class A Construction Lead the News
Posted on Wed, Nov 13, 2013
Operating fundamentals continued to slowly improve in Tucson with modest decreases in vacancy, positive absorption, a small increase in rental rates and some continued decline in rental concessions. Average vacancy dropped from 9.4% to 9.3% and the average rental rate essentially held steady, averaging $635. In a continuation of a four-year trend, higher occupancies and stronger increases in rental rates occurred in submarkets with higher-grade properties. The Northwest, Catalina Foothills, and Northeast submarkets, which have the strongest demographics in the region, had the lowest submarket vacancies in Tucson.
Topics: Tucson, Housing, Commercial real estate, Investment property, Absorption, Market trends, Vacancy, Development, Construction, Apartments, Multifamily
Keeping Score: New TAR Scorecard tracks Tucson real estate market metrics
Posted on Thu, Aug 08, 2013
The TAR Scorecard gathers data from different sources to present a broader, comprehensive view of the overall real estate-housing and development market. The objective is to identify emerging trends in various subsectors. Viewed separately, these subsectors may not appear to be interrelated. But over time, the data ultimately converges to affect the performance of the entire market.
Topics: Tucson, Housing, Land, Economic development, Market trends, Development, Construction
From Vancouver, B.C. with the lowest tracked vacancy rate to Birmingham, Alambama with the highest, Cushman & Wakefield has compiled statistics on the North American industrial markets. Where does yours stack up against the field of primarily U.S. cities and industrial markets?
Topics: Tucson, Industrial, Commercial real estate, Investment property, Market trends, Vacancy, Lease rates, Warehouse, Manufacturing, Construction
We've been in the prognostication business of late, and have gathered a great deal of data on the Tucson commercial real estate markets in one slide deck.
Topics: Tucson, Industrial, Sonora Mexico, Commercial real estate, Economic development, Investment property, Absorption, Market trends, Vacancy, Lease rates, Construction, Office, Retail