Posts Tagged: retail space in Philadelphia

Low Level of Retail Construction Starting to Crimp Net Absorption

With shopping center vacancies, including those involving Philadelphia commercial properties, continuing to tighten as retailers with retail space in Philadelphia and other areas across the country slowly fill the remaining excess space, with both nationwide and Philadelphia commercial real estate listings are facing a dwindling number of high-quality locations. The U.S. retail real estate vacancy… Read more »

Banks Close More Branches As Transactions Move Online

Joining many consumer goods retailers who are downsizing their brick and mortar locations, some of the nation’s biggest banks are now touting their bank branch closure plans. The primary driver behind both decisions is the same: more banking activity is occurring online and less in the physical world. But banks have an additional driver: regulators… Read more »

Report: Every Sector of Philadelphia Retail Space Development at Its Peak

Retail space in Philadelphia is springing up with many major real estate developments, and Center City is undeniably at its center. For a couple of years, the city has been observing the development of level it hasn’t seen since the construction of Liberty Place towers during the late 1980s. And the same trend will continue… Read more »

Philly Retail Space Vacancy Rate Unchanged In First Quarter

Vacancies in the market for Philly retail space held fairly steady in the first quarter 2015, according to the latest market analysis from the CoStar Group. The market experienced little change as the vacancy rate for retail space in Philadelphia went from 5.8% in the fourth quarter 2014 to 6.0% in the first quarter of… Read more »

Philadelphia Retail Real Estate Market Continues Growth in Fourth Quarter

Nearly 34,000 square feet of Philadelphia retail real estate were added to the Philadelphia retail space market during the final quarter of 2014 as six Philadelphia retail properties came onto the market, according to the latest report from The CoStar Group. The research company also looked at retail space in Philadelphia in the previous four… Read more »

Philadelphia Retail Space Vacancy Rate Holds Steady at Year End

Philadelphia retail space vacancies were virtually unchanged in the fourth quarter 2014, according to new market analysis from the CoStar Group. The vacancy rate for Philly retail space stood at 5.9% at quarter’s end, only slightly higher than the third quart’s 5.8%  vacancy rate for retail space in Philadelphia, according to CoStar’s Fourth Quarter 2014… Read more »

Young Consumers Propel Vibrant, Downtown Philadelphia Retail Space Market

Millennials, young families, office workers and tourists are behind the increasingly vibrant Center City Philadelphia retail scene, propelling local and national retailers to take a greater  interest in the Philadelphia retail space market, a new report says. The demand and buying power of this young clientele has brought a diverse group of retailers to the… Read more »

Third Quarter Philly Retail Space Deliveries, Construction and Inventory

Philly retail space increased in the third quarter 2014 with the completion of five new Philadelphia retail buildings, which added 80,793 square feet to the market for retail space in Philadelphia, according to a new market trend report from the CoStar Group. Over the past four quarters, retail space in Philly grew by 842,776 square… Read more »

Philly Retail Space Vacancy Rate Stable in Third Quarter

The vacancy rate for Philly retail space remained stable in the third quarter 2014, a new market report from the CoStar Group says. The Philadelphia retail space vacancy rate stood at 5.9% at the end of the third quarter — the same rate for retail space in Philly at the end of the second quarter… Read more »

Philadelphia Retail Space Deliveries, Construction And Inventory

Philadelphia retail space expanded by 66,506 square feet in the second quarter 2014 with the completion of eight Philadelphia retail buildings in the Philly retail space market, a new market trend report from the CoStar Group says. In the past four quarters, total retail space in Philadelphia has grown by 1,197,460 square feet, according to… Read more »