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  The Synergy Between Online & Brick-And-Mortar Long before COVID-19 spread, retailers were experiencing a different kind of epidemic: e-commerce was capturing consumer attention and pulling business away from in-store operators. Online shopping’s growth seemed at odds with brick-and-mortar retail, and investors launched defensive acquisitions and operations strategies in response. That was a mistake, says Matt […]

Building for the Future Shifting consumer habits and the ongoing dominance of e-commerce have forced traditional retailers to rethink their development strategies. At the onset of COVID-19, traditional malls, and centers heavy in soft goods retailers were hit the hardest. As lockdowns affected stores throughout the nation, the market saw a surge in online shopping […]

How is the Southeast Performing? The Southeast also boasts one of the strongest industrial supply pipelines in the country. Most Southeast multifamily markets are seeing robust recovery and historical highs in rent growth and historical lows in vacancy rates. Out-of-state investors, specifically from New York and California, are driving retail activity throughout the area and […]

Market Overview As a firmly positioned top life sciences market, San Diego sees no shortage of demand. These firms, along with defense contractors, biotech firms, healthcare providers, and logistics users, have supported stability for industrial as they expand in the market. Several top universities in the area provide a talent pool of highly educated graduates and […]

Why Retail Investors Continue to Bet on Phoenix The resilient local economy and in-migration trends in Phoenix have strengthened the retail market. Leasing volume is elevated as new investors hunt for quality assets in the Valley of the Sun. Phoenix consistently ranked among metros with high vacancy rates in the past decade but that hasn’t impacted […]

The Matthews Podcast | Episode 4 Healthcare Real Estate Strategies: Ways Physicians Can Leverage Their Real Estate In this episode of the Matthews™ Podcast, specialized agents discuss real strategies physicians should consider for their practice, including a sale leaseback. Your host, Matthews™ Market Leader, Matthew Wallace is joined by CRE experts Michael Moreno, Rahul Chhajed, […]

Voracious appetite for net-lease product has propped up values, but if inflation continues to push the 10-Year Treasury up, cap rates will follow. Commercial real estate isn’t exempt from the effects of inflation—no business is, but in this industry, it typically manifests in two places, both as a positive and a negative. The positive effect […]

Phoenix retail experienced a record-breaking year in 2021. Although the Valley of the Sun saw some disruptions due to evolving consumer habits and the pandemic, Phoenix is now one of the hottest markets for investor demand. Out-of-state investor interest soared due to the massive wave of population growth, fueling demand for retail investments throughout the […]

  As the pandemic moves further into the rearview mirror, retail properties are becoming increasingly attractive. Daily needs-anchored retail shopping centers and regional power centers proved to be resilient through the last two challenging years, and retail is available at much more attractive cap rates than other asset classes that performed well through the pandemic, […]