Dec 06
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Global Industrial Rents Rise…and Will Continue Rising, says CBRE

Global Industrial Rents See Continued Growth  Logistics operators and retail distributors drive occupier demand   Los Angeles, December 1, 2011 – Global industrial rents have continued to grow, according to new research from CBRE, as a lack of significant new development has fueled global growth in prime industrial rents in 2011 and will underpin continued [...]

Author: Wayne Kress
Dec 09
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Industrial Leading Indicator Report, 4Q10

CB Richard Ellis  just released its Industrial Leading Indicator Report for the 4th quarter.  A summary:  The 3rd quarter of 2010 brought news that the U.S. economy continues to show signs of expansion, although at subdued levels.  Real GDP increased for the fifth quarter in a row, growing 2.5% after increasing, 2.0% in the 2nd [...]

Author: Wayne Kress
Oct 04
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Buying Industrial Real Estate With Only 10% Down

Industrial real estate values are at their bottom (Grounding? See last week’s posts, Opportunity Knocks – Part 1, Opportunity Knocks – Part 2).  For owner-users, it gets better.  If you don’t have the ability to pay all cash for your business real estate, the next best alternative may well be the Small Business Administration “504″ loan [...]

Author: Wayne Kress
Jul 14
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CBRE National Industrial Trends Report, July 2010

How’s Industrial Real Estate doing across the country?  Well, in general, it’s stabilizing.  Here are highlights:      

Author: Wayne Kress
Jun 21
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LA Times Article: Worst May Be Over For Commercial Real Estate

I read a summary last week of what I’ve been witnessing and hearing about: commercial real estate is on the rebound.  The summary was in the form of an article published June 9, 2010 in the Los Angeles Times entitled Worst May Be Over For Commercial Real Estate, by Roger Vincent.  (Want to read it?  [...]

Author: Wayne Kress
Jun 18
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Chance…Opportunity…and Value

Chance.  The possibility of a particular outcome in an uncertain situation.  As in, “You only have one chance to make a powerful first impression.”  Sometimes synonymous with Opportunity, chance is also a situation favoring some purpose.  As in, “Usain Bolt has a chance to break the world record every time he lines up for a race.”  (Note [...]

Author: Wayne Kress