Insights

The Orange County economy is diverse, with jobs in various concentrated sectors such as medical and tech in Irvine. The trade, transportation, and utility sectors added up to 29,800 jobs for a 13.6 percent increase year-over-year. This increase is no surprise given the record highs experienced at Los Angeles and Long Beach ports due to […]

  This quarter, Matthews™  measured investor insight in the post-pandemic market. Despite the Delta variant making strides in the United States, the widespread distribution of the vaccine has helped the economy recover. The two most significant challenges investors believe the CRE industry faces today are the federal administration and changes in workforce demand.   Over […]

The East Valley region of the Phoenix metro boasts some of the most robust real estate fundamentals. With Phoenix only a day’s drive to 35 million customers, the market benefits from shifting consumer behavior towards online shopping and ordering. Each submarket in the East Valley possesses between two million to 24 million square feet of […]

  When it comes to investing in commercial real estate, it is crucial to understand prospective tax advantages. Having an effective tax strategy can lower an investor’s overall tax burden and bring awareness to tactics like 1031 Exchanges and explore the maximum amount of deductions. One additional approach investors consider is investing in states with […]

– Following the economic crisis experienced in 2020, the overarching logic would have been that COVID-19 crippled the car wash industry – however, that wasn’t the case. According to experts, the industry grew in 2020 and has continued to grow in 2021. Consumers looking to the service-based retailer as a much-needed form of entertainment, normalcy, […]

The Midwest boasts some of the largest industries in the nation, with manufacturing and healthcare topping the list. In addition, the region hosts almost ten percent of U.S.-based tech start-ups and houses 139 Fortune 500 Companies. Cleveland is considered a healthcare powerhouse, being one of the largest industries in the market. Since 2010, healthcare tech […]

Phoenix continues to be one of the best-performing markets for job and post-COVID-19 recovery. The Valley reported fewer job losses than any other metro in the U.S. and has already regained the majority of jobs lost within the first half of the year. As of July 2021, Phoenix has recovered 78 percent of its jobs […]

Phoenix is ranked among the top areas in the U.S. to buy an investment property and is well-positioned for a full pandemic recovery. The Valley metro reported fewer job losses than any other metro in the U.S. and has already regained the majority of jobs lost within the first half of the year. As of […]

How Are Net Lease Investors Devising New Formulas for Success? The arrival of COVID-19 caused retail deal activity to come to a grinding halt, and extended closures resulted in some of the nation’s top retail tenants’ inability to make rent payments. Once people saw the news headlines covering permanent store closures and bankruptcies, many assumed […]