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Kush: I Can’t Support Scottsdale’s General Plan Update During my many years of service on the Scottsdale Planning Commission, there were several meetings where city staff updated us on the progress of the revised general plan and asked us for our comments.City planning staff put in untold hours … [Read more...] about Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 14, 2021

ICSC Sees Holiday Retail Spending Rising Nearly 9% This Year A major trade group for the U.S. retail real estate industry is projecting a roughly 9% rise in holiday spending this year as shoppers return to brick-and-mortar stores and buy gifts earlier, a development that would support retail … [Read more...] about Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 13, 2021

More Than 20,000 Apartment-Conversion Units are Slated to Deliver This Year. A Growing Number are in old Office Buildings. The Covid-19 pandemic didn't invent the real estate conversion model. Buildings have been retrofitted into new uses for generations. But it did, apparently, accelerate the … [Read more...] about Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 12, 2021

Kroger Looks to Add Another 20,000 Associates With the holiday selling season up ahead, The Kroger Co. is doubling down in its second nationwide hybrid hiring event. Cincinnati-based Kroger said Wednesday that it aims to hire 20,000 associates in virtual and on-site interviews … [Read more...] about Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 11, 2021

With ‘Revenge’ Buying, Shoppers To Boost Holiday Spending 25%, JLL Survey Finds Shoppers will be making up for the spending they missed out on during the pandemic by jacking up their holiday-gift budgets about 25%, according to an estimate by real estate firm JLL that holds promise for retail … [Read more...] about Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 8, 2021

As Intel Expands in Chandler, What’s Making Arizona ‘Semiconductor Central’? Intel last Friday broke ground on a $20 billion expansion of its facilities in Chandler, Arizona, building two new fabrication plants, or fabs, at its Ocotillo campus. The two new chip factories – which will be known as … [Read more...] about Commercial Real Estate & Business News – October 7, 2021