Real Estate Blog
Devon Park Drive building sells to Texas real estate investor for $57M
The seller bought the 155,200-square-foot building in 2016 for $7.9 million.
Columbus developer Thrive Cos. donates $1M to new Rapid 5 nonprofit
A Columbus developer has donated $1 million to the new Rapid 5 nonprofit.
National homebuilder NVR to invest in Kings Mountain as part of $34M manufacturing expansion in North Carolina
NVR Inc. was approved for state incentives to expand its North Carolina manufacturing operations, a project that calls for new investment at its Kings Mountain facility and a new location in Cumberland County.
Luxury apartments set to open in a year on Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa
Another 258 luxury apartments are under construction in Wauwatosa as a team-up of two out-of-state developers launch their third Wisconsin project since 2020.
Denver’s Coffee at The Point closes temporarily, lays off all employees due to staffing issues, lawsuit
Yet another one of Denver’s stalwart hospitality businesses has announced its closing. This one, however, is expected to be temporary.
As of Monday, Coffee at The Point, which has been serving up caffeine fixes to locals in Five Points since 2010, is closed “for a makeover, do-over, and remodel,” owner Ryan Cobbins announced on social media. The business is expected to reopen on Sept. 13.
In his note, Cobbins laid out several challenges Coffee at The Point has been facing – including inflation, the rising cost of labor, and staffing difficulties – that are all too familiar to folks in the hospitality industry. His biggest, though, is unique to the neighborhood.
“In the last year, there have been a compounding amount of events that have been taxing,” Cobbins wrote. “The most profound has been watching the decimation of my neighborhood with one person single-handling working to exit businesses, including this beloved friend that I idolized suing Coffee at The Point; and him sending le..
Global testing firm expands to Johnston County with new facility
A global testing company with sites in over 50 countries has acquired land in Johnston County for a new facility.
Demand for Valley class A office remains high as tenants flock to prominent spaces
“[Class A properties are] now accounting for almost three times its proportionate share of leasing, which just speaks to how much of an accelerate Covid was on providing a premium experience,” one Valley broker said. Here are the areas of the Valley with the highest demand, according to the reports.
Downtown Portland has fewer than half as many active cranes as before the pandemic
Construction in Portland still lags behind pre-pandemic activity.
North suburban retail center sold for $3M as part of a 1031 exchange
An investor sold a Chicago-area retail center for $3 million to a pair of investors from Chicago and New York.
Next up in Spirit’s deal, office occupancy, tech layoffs: The National Observer August 2, 2022
Good morning, readers.
We've spilled a lot of ink in this newsletter about tech cutbacks amid what is otherwise a hot job market. You might read those stories alongside articles indicating that we're headed for a maybe-recession and wonder whether the job cuts in the technology sector are a sign of things to come elsewhere.
Some of the economists we've spoken with say the tech jobs will probably remain outliers in the broader workforce. Many of the companies making cuts were able to grow on the…