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Washington is America’s Top State for Business in 2017 July 17, 2017

Washington is America’s Top State for Business in 2017

Washington is America's Top State for Business in 2017 July 11, 2017 | by Scott Cohn | CNBC With the nation's fastest-growing economy and an all-star business roster of household names and up-and-comers, Washington — the Evergreen State — soars above the competition as America's Top State for Business in 2017. The home of Amazon and Costco, Boeing and Expedia, as well as rising stars…
Retail REIT InvenTrust Focusing on Sun Belt July 17, 2017

Retail REIT InvenTrust Focusing on Sun Belt

Retail REIT InvenTrust Focusing on Sun Belt July 12, 2017 | REIT.com Thomas McGuinness, president and CEO of InvenTrust Properties Corp., joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. InvenTrust is a public non-listed REIT that focuses on open-air retail centers. McGuinness discussed InvenTrust’s strategy of rotating…
Apartment Occupancy Rate Nears Record High July 17, 2017

Apartment Occupancy Rate Nears Record High

Apartment Occupancy Rate Nears Record High July 6, 2017 | DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS  The number of apartment dwellers nationwide is nearing a record, as 95 percent of units are now occupied, according to rental data from RealPage, a real estate analytics firm. “Solid job formation, continued limited loss of renters to home purchase, and…
Fannie Sees GDP Growth Slowing In 2nd Half July 17, 2017

Fannie Sees GDP Growth Slowing In 2nd Half

Fannie Sees GDP Growth Slowing In 2nd Half The GSE's chief economist notes that consumer spending, traditionally the largest contributor to economic growth, is "sluggish and is lagging positive consumer sentiment and solid hiring.” July 17, 2017 | by PAUL BUBNY  | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC—Notwithstanding a resurgence of growth in the second quarter, the full-year expectation…
US Industrial Availability Drops to Notable Low July 17, 2017

US Industrial Availability Drops to Notable Low

US Industrial Availability Drops to Notable Low Warehouses and distribution centers saw the rate decline to 7.8 percent in the second quarter, a low not seen in years, a new CBRE report unveils. July 14, 2017 | by Barbra Murray | Commercial Property Executive It may have been only a slight decrease, but it was one nonetheless—and…
CION and Apollo Restructure Relationship for BDC July 13, 2017

CION and Apollo Restructure Relationship for BDC

CION and Apollo Restructure Relationship for BDC July 14, 2017 | by Jared Schneider | Blue Vault On July 11, 2017, CION Investment Corp. terminated its sub-adviser agreement with Apollo Investment Management in order to structure a 50%-50% joint venture between CION Investments and Apollo. The adviser, CIM, is now owned 50% by CION Investments and…
Securities America Jumps to Ninth on Financial Planning’s List of Top 50 IBDs July 13, 2017

Securities America Jumps to Ninth on Financial Planning’s List of Top 50 IBDs

Securities America Jumps to Ninth on Financial Planning’s List of Top 50 IBDs July 6, 2017 | BUSINESS WIRE LA VISTA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Securities America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE MKT: LTS, LTS PrA), jumped from tenth to ninth on Financial Planning’s recently released list of the nation’s top 50…
The Amazon-Whole Foods Deal and Its Impact on Owners and Lenders July 13, 2017

The Amazon-Whole Foods Deal and Its Impact on Owners and Lenders

The Amazon-Whole Foods Deal and Its Impact on Owners and Lenders When CrediFi mapped the locations of Amazon and Whole Foods properties, along with Amazon Prime Now locations, we found a lot of overlap. July 12, 2017 | by Ely Razin | National Real Estate Investor On the heels of Amazon’s recently announced acquisition of Whole Foods for…
Consumer Confidence Gains – Positive STNL Activity Expected July 13, 2017

Consumer Confidence Gains – Positive STNL Activity Expected

Consumer Confidence Gains – Positive STNL Activity Expected Consumer Confidence has been surging, hitting 117.9 on their index in May of 2017, and the National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB) Small… June 28, 2017 | by JONATHAN HIPP | GlobeSt.com Consumer Confidence has been surging, hitting 117.9 on their index in May of 2017, and the National…

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