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.
Last week I was asked to participate on a panel of “industrial real estate experts”. The effort was to give our audience a “state of the state” type of overview for the CT and Western MA region. I have been on a number of these panels in the last 30 months and, just like the previous panels, the […]
Went to the CBIA/CBT Economic Outlook breakfast this past Monday. Confirmed my “good news/bad news” outlook. Good news being that the economy is on the rebound. Bad news being that the Connecticut economy is behind the curve AND so is real estate (residential and commercial). Take a look at the Moody’s Analytics/Andres Carbacho-Burgos presentation on the CBIA […]
I have been asked a number of times whether I felt that the new film studio proposed for South Windsor CT (Connecticut Studios) will produce jobs for the area OR if it will just be another self-contained development. Well, my answer to all of you (as you know) has been an incredibly insightful “I don’t know”! And […]
OK, we’ll take what we can get. This is the Q1 2010 SIOR Commercial Real Estate Index. A compilation of over 700 SIOR’s opinions on where the commercial real estate markets are headed. The good news is up! The bad news is, slowly. Very slowly! See attached SIOR Index to be published in the SIOR Professional Report […]
Q1 2010 turned out as expected…Stabilizing of the market…a few more deals…a slight increase in showing activity. Biggest question right now? Will the “corporate planning” going on today (i.e. company’s looking internally at their options to accommodate increasing sales and production) turn into actual real estate expansion? OR, will they defer to the option of increasing […]
Interesting piece in the Hartford Business Journal yesterday (see below). A report stating that the Fed believes the Hartford Industrial market lags other property sectors. Well, that’s saying something! You mean to tell me that the industrial sector lags the retail sector? Maybe that’s what the numbers say but I can’t imagine that this is the […]
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