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Tech Centers Driving Growth and Greater Commercial Real Estate Occupancy in Multiple Cities
January 31, 2012 A mid-January commentary in The Kiplinger Letter stated that the technology industry is driving growth, jobs and economic vigor with California leading the way (the state accounted for one in seven jobs created in the U.S. during 2011). In addition to the San Jose (Silicon Valley) to San Francisco submarkets, metro areas More
Small Businesses Spur Job Growth
December 5, 2011 Like holiday cheer, good news emerged last week when the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that U.S. employers had added 140,000 new jobs in November, causing the unemployment rate to plummet to 8.6% — from 9%, in a single month. This, despite 20,000 government jobs lost during the month at the federal, More
The Emergence of Online Search in Commercial Real Estate Marketing
Learn how to effectively market yourself online. Tim Thornton Having begun my career in commercial real estate in 1988, I have seen what I consider to be the beginning of the application of consumer technology within the commercial real estate industry. I remember going to the One-Hour Photo and picking up hundreds of copies of More
Zoliath.com Press Release
Boise, ID (August 17, 2011) – Zoliath.com Founder & CEO Tim Thornton announced today that after an 18-month beta test period with more than 800 original members, the search-based and members-only website – Zoliath.com, is now officially open to commercial real estate practitioners nationwide. Zoliath.com is the nation’s premier directory of commercial real estate providers More
Commercial Real Estate Financing Update-May 2011
BANK LOANS Banks are not in the loan term fixed rate business, but their rates are attractive. Banks are offering short term loans (3yr-5yr) at attractive rates keyed to short term swaps or Treasuries yields. However, the favorable rate is offset by the high risk that at loan maturity in 2014 – 2016 the property More
Good News
If you are involved in commercial real estate (CRE) and looking for a reason to get out of bed in the morning, there is good news. To those who view commercial real estate loans as the mother’s milk of investing, I say put on your bib because mother is about to feed you.
Perceptible Progress
The CRE financing market continues to wiggle its way out of the cocoon in which it has been bound. Maybe a more apt metaphor is that CRE financing market is slowly pulling its legs out of the mud into which it sunk and has been trapped. If that conjures unpleasant images of dirty feet, how More
S.C. gave architect of world’s tallest building a foundation
Alfred Smith was picking through women’s clothing at a wholesale warehouse in Los Angeles to find merchandise for his San Clemente department store named after his youngest son, Adrian. But the vacationing college student wasn’t interested in selecting women’s clothing. Read complete article by clicking Orange County Register
Transportation needs will affect location of new development
The location of new commercial real estate will be determined by how fast the economy recovers, how additional commercial development fits future residential strategies, and how decisions about growth are made.
