Market Insights
From major acquisitions and new developments to shifting trends and standout deals, we bring you fresh updates, local stories, and expert takes on the commercial real estate moves shaping our region. Whether you’re tracking the latest transactions or just curious about what’s next, we’ll keep you in the loop with news that’s timely, relevant, and easy to digest.
Yes, two blogs in one day! Catching up after the holiday drag. Did anyone catch the Malloy administration’s interest in the possible expansion (creation?) of Connecticut’s ports? While I am not sure you need to spend a half a million bucks on a study to see if ports are good for the state, I do believe […]
In a world where the cost of everything just seems to be going up and up, along comes the news that our electric rates are actually going down! Yes, DOWN! In case you missed it, Connecticut’s overall rates have dropped from about 18 cents per kilowatt hour to approximately 16 cents. We can no longer […]
It has become all too fashionable to beat up the big guy. So much easier to blame and not lead. And while Wall Street, Corporate America and the “top 1%” have their own issues, I can comfortably say they weren’t the one’s that solely got us into this country’s mess. Let’s face it…our “leaders” did. So now we […]
Don’t look now but there is more and more data suggesting that manufacturing is returning to the United States. Now, before you jump up and down too much, no it’s not coming back in droves. However, it is coming back! Below find two recent articles in the Wall Street Journal talking about the recent shift […]
Many of you know I am a big Seth Godin fan. I think Seth “gets it”. Rather than talking about the successes of yesterday, Seth spends time talking about the need to come to terms with today and tomorrow. Our government continues to spend more time protecting the past rather than creating a future. We […]
Echoing a recent CoStar opinion, Prologis, the world’s largest warehouse developer, has recently released a report predicting warehouse space consumption will accelerate throughout 2012. Prologis predicts 2012 demand will exceed warehouse demand prior to late 2007. Worldwide, Prologis predicts 125 to 165 million square feet of net absorption in 2011 and 400 million square feet […]