Western Market Reports Archives

Phoenix’s Industrial Market Remains Busier than Ever

By Peter Batschelet, Principal, Lee & AssociatesIn a year of unknowns, hypotheticals and uncertainties, the Phoenix metropolitan area and Maricopa County were the complete opposite. In fact, 2020 was a record-setting year in this region’s industrial market for several reasons. For starters, there was nearly 14 million square feet of new construction delivered. This is twice as high as any year in the past decade and roughly equivalent to the deliveries from the past two years. In …

March 8, 2021Arizona, Industrial, Market Reports, Western, Western Market Reports

Inland Empire Office Demand Stagnates, Medical Office Leasing Remains Strong

By Drew Sanden, Senior Managing Director, NewmarkThe Inland Empire office market boasted very strong fundamentals heading into 2020. The vacancy rate across the 28.3 million-square-foot base was 9.5 percent, lease rates were reaching peak levels and developers were again exploring larger spec developments. Like many markets across the U.S., COVID-19 has greatly impacted the Inland Empire’s office market. Office usage, demand, absorption and leasing transactions are down year-over-year. …

March 1, 2021California, Market Reports, Office, Western, Western Market Reports

Online Shopping Keeps Vegas’ Industrial Market Humming

By Amy Ogden, Logic Commercial Real EstateThis was an unprecedented year in a multitude of ways. Though the pandemic brought economic hardships — along with the world’s worst health crisis — it also opened our eyes to how quickly life can change overnight. Businesses reacted to the crisis as best and swiftly as they could to comply with state stay at home orders, capacity reductions, and the fear and panic that ensued. Little did we know that we would be desperately seeking toilet …

February 24, 2021Industrial, Market Reports, Nevada, Western, Western Market Reports

Inland Empire Multifamily Sales Volume Down, but Economics Stronger than Ever

By Cray Carlson, CBREWith 2020 coming to an end, we look back at a year of much uncertainty, confusion and unprecedented restrictions. Yet amidst all that, the Inland Empire multifamily market has been going steady, continuing to thrive in spite of some substantial drops in sales volumes.Total multifamily sales of eight units and larger in the Inland Empire were $2.5 billion in 2018 and $2.1 billion in 2019. That compares with only $1.09 billion in 2020, as of October. We expect total …

February 16, 2021California, Market Reports, Multifamily, Western, Western Market Reports

Sublease Space Stagnates, but 2021 Shows Promise for Las Vegas Office Market

By Dan Palmeri, Senior Director, Tenant Advisory Group, Cushman & WakefieldAs with most of the country, Las Vegas’ office market has been significantly impacted since COVID-19 restrictions started back in March. While many businesses have been allowed to operate at limited capacities, we’ve also seen many larger office users elect to work from home over the past nine months. This increase in work from home scenarios has naturally created a large increase in sublease …

February 9, 2021Market Reports, Nevada, Office, Western, Western Market Reports

Inland Empire Retail Market Poised for Resiliency in 2021

While the Inland Empire economy was hit hard in 2020, we remain optimistic on the retail sector’s recovery over the coming 12 to 24 months. This market is a benefactor of COVID-19 in that more people than ever before are able to work remotely. This has triggered a migration from urban cores to more spacious and affordable housing in the newer residential communities of Riverside and San Bernardino counties. As the population is anticipated to expand here, retail will directly benefit as …

February 2, 2021California, Market Reports, Retail, Western, Western Market Reports

Las Vegas Gaming: The Ugly, the Bad and the Good

By Mike Mixer, Colliers International - Las VegasAt the beginning of 2020, Las Vegas was anything but ugly. Nevada’s economy was one of the fastest growing in the country. Unemployment was the lowest ever at 3.6 percent, while casinos reported three straight months of $1 billion in winnings. Then COVID came along and things got real ugly, real quick. The entire Las Vegas Strip was shut down, closed…on less than a day’s notice.The Las Vegas unemployment rate hit a staggering 34.2 …

January 26, 2021Hospitality, Market Reports, Nevada, Retail, Western, Western Market Reports

Soaring Demand for Inland Empire Warehouse Space Brings Opportunities for Developers

By Richard Lee and J.C. Casillas, NAI Capital CommercialIn the fourth quarter of 2020, the Inland Empire industrial market continued to battle the effects of an economy that has so far spent three-fourths of the year under a COVID-19 shutdown. After dipping for several quarters, the average asking rent held steady at $0.72 triple net, down 6.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2019. The vacancy rate nudged up 10 basis points from the previous quarter’s record low, down 90 basis points …

January 21, 2021California, Industrial, Market Reports, Western, Western Market Reports

Seattle’s Industrial Market Pauses During COVID-19

By Jeff Forsberg, Principal, NAI Puget Sound PropertiesIt has been interesting, to say the least, since our governor issued the stay-at-home order on March 23 and we all started contemplating a future where we’d never have to get out of our pajamas. Though our market’s industrial sector isn’t immune to disruptions, the immediate fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is not quite as dire as some might have projected.The Seattle industrial market comprises about 223 million square …

September 29, 2020Industrial, Market Reports, Western Market Reports

Multifamily Trends Remain Positive in Phoenix

By Brian Tranetzki, Principal, Taylor Street AdvisorsMultifamily is staying strong despite COVID-19. That’s because this product type was coming off an extremely hot market at the end of 2019 and early 2020 before the pandemic hit. The Phoenix metro area remains one of the few markets nationally with positive rent growth due to the steady population increase. Now, just months away from 2021, the market is faced with many unknown factors, such as unemployment, election outcomes, continued …

September 24, 2020Arizona, Market Reports, Multifamily, Western, Western Market Reports