Industrial

Economy Watch: Minimum Wage Increases to Cost Industrial Space Users

Efforts to boost minimum wages will help workers, but better pay may mean higher rents for e-commerce and other industrial operations.

Stephen Cooper, Colliers International

Stephen Cooper Joins Colliers International in Philadelphia

Colliers International has appointed Cushman & Wakefiled veteran Stephen Cooper as senior managing director of the company’s Northeast Logistics & Transportation Solutions Group.

Whole Foods Market Plans New Distribution Center in South Side Chicago

The Austin, Texas-based supermarket chain will open a 140,000-square-foot distribution facility in the Pullman District in early 2018.

Economy Watch: Tech-Heavy CRE Markets at Risk of Slowdown

While the recent tech boom has been beneficial to several CRE markets, can the momentum last in the face of current U.S. economic concerns?

SIOR@75: New Challenges for a New Era

This year, the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors is marking its 75th anniversary with a series of events, educational programs and marketing initiatives. SIOR, the commercial affiliate of the Realtors, is known for its professional designations, earned by brokerage and advisory professionals who meet stringent standards for knowledge, production and adherence to a stringent code of ethics. In the first of two parts, the organization’s leadership discusses the challenges, changes and opportunities facing the advisory profession. CPE: What do you see as the most important changes unfolding in the advisory profession today? How is the role of the advisor…

300 Ballardvale St., Wilmington, Mass.

CBRE Hired as Leasing Agent for Three-Building Boston Portfolio

Berkeley Investments plans to further upgrade all three assets in order to reposition the office/flex portfolio within the competitive I-93 corridor.

U.S. Investment Continues to Climb

  Based on independent reports of properties and portfolios $2.5 million and greater. Data believed to be accurate but not guaranteed. © Real Capital Analytics Inc., 2016

Pathfinder Severs Ties with Colorado Industrial Asset

Pathfinder Partners recently sold a 49,000-square-foot industrial property in Lakewood, Colo.

HFF Orchestrates Financing for Purchase, Transformation of Brooklyn Asset

HFF secured $162 million in financing for the acquisition and conversion of Hall Street Complex in Brooklyn, N.Y., into a creative loft office property.

Southern Company

Southern Power Adds another 120 MW Solar Project in Texas

Southern Power increased its power generating capacity with the acquisition of the 120MW East Pecos solar facility in Texas.