According to a new report, commercial real estate investors, brokers and lenders are expecting a potential surge of activity in the first half of 2020. Report participants noted the intersection of strong market fundamentals, ample investor capital, the potential for… Read More

EL DORADO, Ark. — Murphy USA plans to capitalize on its successful 2019 as the company pursues further growth in store count and sales this year, with company executives expressing confident optimism during its latest earnings call. “2019 was an… Read More

Chili’s Grill & Bar’s focused menu execution, which launched when 40% of items were slashed in 2017, has helped the Brinker International Inc. division maintain sales momentum, CEO Wyman Roberts said Wednesday. With Chili’s same-store sales up 2% in the… Read More

Last fall’s proposed sale of the iconic Bellagio resort in Las Vegas to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) is seen by many as a potential harbinger of even more high-stakes deals in the gaming real estate arena, and confirmation… Read More

The latest consumer spending data from NRF and Prosper Insights & Analytics’ 2020 Super Bowl survey suggests this may be one of the strongest Super Bowls yet, with nearly 194 million adults saying they have plans for the big game…. Read More

On some level, real estate investors and brokers have always collected and used data to make informed decisions on purchasing properties. But the granular level of data that’s now being aggregated — along with advancements in intelligent, fully researched commercial… Read More

While grocery-anchored shopping centers reign as the safest bet for investors in the troubled retail sector, they’re not immune to many of the same struggles that other retail assets are facing. Supermarket companies are investing billions of dollars to adapt… Read More

CMBS pros have come to terms with the reality that the market will never regain the heights reached before the great financial crisis. Annual issuance volumes north of $200 billion are not in the cards. But the sector, complemented by… Read More

There’s never been more private equity cash chasing real estate assets. And yet more funds than ever continue to come to the market. That could make 2020 the frothiest year yet for private equity investors in the CRE space. In… Read More

(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s bond portfolio is swelling again at a pace not seen since the “quantitative easing” heyday in the early 2010s. Prices for stocks and other risky assets are also rising at a fast clip – a… Read More