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Real Estate, Restaurant Franchise Growth Starting To Heat Up

By: Mark Heschmeyer / CoStar Group
March 28, 2012
There are signs of an improved outlook in certain economic areas where franchises are traditionally strong performers, such as the restaurant and business and personal services industries, according to the International Franchise Association (IFA) and GE Capital Franchise Finance.
The IFA released its first quarterly update to its [...]

Resizing or Right-Sizing?

By:Rich Rosfelder / CIRE Magazine
February 27, 2012
Prepare for the smaller (and smarter) corporate office.
Corporations around the globe have been holding on to office space in anticipation of a market rebound, but that’s about to change. “A growing number of corporate property owners say they have up to 50 percent excess leased office space,” according to [...]

PR economy breaks into positive terrain for first time since spring 2006

By: John Marino / Caribbean Business
February 6, 2012

The Government Development Bank-Economic Activity Index for December 2011 showed its first year-over-year growth since March 2006 at the start of Puerto Rico’s years-long recession, officials announced Monday.
The GDB-EAI hit 127.7 in December, a 0.5% increase over the previous December, officials said.
Citing the GDB-EAI’s 98% degree of correlation [...]

What’s To Like and Not Like in the Fed’s New Housing Market Proposals

By: Mark Heschmeyer / CoStar Group
January 11, 2012
The Federal Reserve this past week issued aggressive and controversial recommendations for dealing with more $7 trillion in housing wealth loss since the onset of the Great Recession. Many economists agree that housing holds the key to a stronger and more widespread recovery in the U.S., and the [...]

Rising Small Business Optimism Fuels Broadening of CRE Recovery

By: Randyl Drummer / CoStar GROUP
January 3, 2012

In a trend that may bode well for a broadening recovery in CRE markets, small business owners are feeling more optimistic — or at least less pessimistic — about sales, hiring and expansion prospects over the next three to six months, according to the latest national index.by the [...]

Nuevos proyectos este año

By: Jorge A. Ramírez Portela/El Nuevo Día
January 3, 2012

El Departamento de Agricultura (DA) continúa trabajando para cumplir su compromiso de incentivar y desarrollar la agricultura en la Isla.
Para este nuevo año, la agencia se trazó como objetivos la implementación y funcionamiento de varios proyectos, realizando importantes asignaciones en diversos sectores.
Como parte de las iniciativas de [...]

Puerto Rico’s retail industry showed improvement in 2011

By: Frances Ryan / Caribbean Business
December 22, 2011

Walmart’s announcement to shift seven of its stores to a 24-hour schedule and confirmation of its $200 million local expansion plans help set a more positive tone for the retail industry in 2011.
Overall, year-end sales will improve modestly, by 3% to 5% as forecast by CARIBBEAN BUSINESS (CB [...]

Puma buying out Chevron in PR, USVI

By: CB Staff / Caribbean Business
December 8, 2011

Puma Energy continues to expand its footprint in the Caribbean with the acquisition of Chevron’s fuel distribution and storage assets in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The deal will boost it network of gas stations in Puerto Rico to nearly 350.
Puma, unit of Europe-based commodities trading [...]

Condado Vanderbilt completes $100M renovation, opening soon

By: Frances Ryan / Caribbean Business
December 8, 2011
With a massive $100 million-plus renovation, the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel—the first luxury hotel built on the island, originally in 1919—is nearing its official reopening date, restoring Condado’s longtime lost luxury and regal presence.
Scheduled to open within the next few weeks  the hotel recently hosted its first major private [...]

Office Recovery Varies

By: Beth Mattson-Teig / CCIM Institute
December 7, 2011

The national office market has officially started its recovery: rents and vacancies have not only stabilized, but are even turning positive. But not every area of the country has received that memo. The rate of recovery varies widely by state, city, and even individual submarket.
There continues to be [...]