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![]() This Week - Notes - Search - Index - Share ...Full Story Here![]() Ralph Kamps Editor CirexNews 608.345.2880 Ken Harwood Publisher CirexNews 608.334.2174 JULY 2025 Lease Asking RatesThis Weeks Articles for 7/1/2025 ...
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Madison releases initial designs for underutilized State Street plazas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() The city of Madison’s initial plans for the plazas at the top of State Street feature tables, planters and programming aimed at drawing more people to the area and addressing public safety concerns, Isthmus reports. The design concepts come as Madison makes ongoing investments in placemaking, a process that works to draw pedestrian traffic to underused areas and create safe, shared spaces. In April 2024, city planners began a process to find uses for spaces that are currently surrounded by redevelopment projects like the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, the Wisconsin History Center and the Churchill Building. For more than a decade, these spaces have seen increased criminal activity compared to surrounding areas... ...Full Story Here RSK: Might help some but that part of Mifflin rarely gets much sun nor foot traffic. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() The Department of Workforce Development recently developed WisConomy, a new product/service that improves the way Labor Market Information (LMI) is shared and accessed. WisConomy is a new LMI web application that helps users with different experience levels explore, share, and analyze LMI data with its interactive tools. Users can access an integrated data query that can create LMI datasets; Tableau dashboards can be customized, saved, and shared; and career exploration tools can be accessed. WisConomy provides the ability for users to create an account allowing them to save their queries and dashboards. Users can also share them through multiple formats including email. WisConomy makes LMI data more accessible and easier to understand for job seekers and connects them to career exploration tools like DWD`s Skill Explorer. WisConomy can be found at WisConomy.com... New FeaturesCheck out our interactive tools and reports ...And much more...Full Story Here RSK: Great website from DWD. Wisconsin is still below average for unemployment. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARTIS REIT / Madison Lifestyle Office Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Madison Lifestyle Office Portfolio comprises 14 Class A properties totaling over 1.7 million square feet of leasable area and an additional 8.3 acres of development land. The portfolio is located on the west side of Madison, Wisconsin. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
`Ain`t No Heaven Till `27`: Why Office Development Could Come Back Sooner Than Expected | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Despite office demand still recovering more than five years since the pandemic, developers are considering the unthinkable in the not-too-distant future: building a new office building without a commitment from a tenant. Office vacancy across the U.S. hit a record-high 20.4% in the first quarter, according to Moody`s. But vacancy in prime buildings is less than 15%, according to CBRE. In two years, CBRE projects that rate will be cut nearly in half to 8.2% because of how little office construction has taken place since the pandemic and how coveted the top-quality buildings are. “Along with this insatiable demand that`s going into this very small cohort segment of the trophy product, it begins to make you realize that we`re going to run into a challenge,” CBRE Global Head of Occupier Research Julie Whelan said during a panel discussion at the National Association of Real Estate Editors convention in New Orleans last week. “Our best estimate is that by 2027, we`re effectively going to be out of prime trophy space,” she said. ...Full Story Here RSK: I have a hunch they are right on...at least I am hoping so. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amazon Tells Thousands Of Staff To Relocate As CEO Touts AI`s Power To Replace Jobs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() The tech giant is asking several thousand employees to relocate to specific locations to be closer to their teams, in some cases asking staffers to move across the country. The rolling efforts are the latest move from CEO Andy Jassy to refocus the Amazon workforce, and this one comes just days after he wrote a memo to staff saying that artificial intelligence would shrink headcount at the firm. The policy change will impact thousands of employees across several teams. The company had approximately 1.5 million employees at the end of 2024. Amazon is rolling out the mandate in individual meetings and town halls rather than putting the requests in an email, sources at the company told Bloomberg, which first reported the news. RSK: Certain industries are going to be prone to this such as Amazon, financial institutions etc. Will it contribute to more office vacancy? Probably unless the space is converted to data center needs. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Office downsizing has peaked: Cushman & Wakefield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Economic and geopolitical uncertainties are delaying some restructuring plans, but only temporarily, as pressure to control commercial real estate spending remains “as strong as ever,” the firm says.Downsizing of office space has peaked, Cushman & Wakefield says, with return-to-office strategies accelerating demand for space despite uncertainty in the broader economy, according to a report it released Friday in conjunction with CoreNet Global. Following years of footprint rationalization, pent-up demand for office space is now evident, with about an eighth of occupiers planning to expand their footprint, and average lease sizes growing 13% in the past two years, the firm said in a release. Cost continues to drive commercial real estate decisions, with pressure to reduce and control spending “remaining as strong as ever,” Cushman & Wakefield and CoreNet Global said in the report... ...Full Story Here RSK: With AI coming on strong in the next year or two I have a feeling downsizing will remain for certain businesses for some time. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See All Listings Here......Full Story Here For over 45 years, The Gialamas Company has brought real estate development, brokerage, leasing and building management expertise to the City of Madison and the State of Wisconsin. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NAHB: Multifamily construction migrates to less populous areas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Apartment growth is shifting to counties with lower population densities, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders Home Building Geography Index for the first quarter of 2025, released earlier this month. The market share of apartment starts in large metro core counties continued a long-term downward trend. In 2016, it was 45.1%. Since then, it has fallen 9.4 percentage points to a 35.5% share, the lowest level since the HBGI’s inception... ...Full Story Here RSK: A bit of a change in multifamily housing locations. Away from the core urban and out to the country. Most likely land costs and municipal restrictions causing this. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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With over 350 experienced real estate professionals, Knight Barry provides exceptional support and service. Visit our website for more information about our 50+ commercial and residential offices throughout
Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. MADISON: 2450 Rimrock Road, Suite 204, 608-255-2700 CAP SQUARE: 44 E. Mifflin Street, Suite 101, 608-255-2700 ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.Before reading this, you’ll want to make sure all your devices are fully charged. Go ahead, we’ll wait. Okay. This week’s epic heat dome has swallowed up much of the eastern half of the continental United States and is pushing the energy grid to the brink as buildings and homeowners everywhere crank up the air conditioning to stay cool. As a result: Spates of power blackouts across the country, ranging as far and wide as Queens, New York; northeast Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The US Department of Energy has even issued an emergency order to address and prevent potential electricity shortages in the entire southeast. In other words, the changing climate is crunching US energy infrastructure... ...Full Story Here RSK: Data Centers have exposed the US power grid as obsolete, which isn`t good for any CRE sector nor the private sector. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Office conversions accelerate, but many older buildings face demolition: reports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() High vacancy rates have driven building owners to repurpose space, which should help the U.S. office market’s recovery. But high costs and incompatible structural designs remain challenges, CBRE says.Office conversions are becoming more popular across the U.S. as building owners work to repurpose vacant space amid record-high vacancies and cities seek to address housing shortages, Yardi said in its June 2025 National Office Report on Wednesday. The average national vacancy rate remained high in May at 19.4%, down 30 basis points from April but up 160 basis points year over year, according to Yardi Matrix data... RSK: Office conversions and demolitions have helped to lower office vacancy rates....but the cost of conversions remains high. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Virtual Power Plants vs Microgrids in Commercial Real Estate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() If you described a virtual power plant to someone in the property industry, they would probably call it a microgrid. But virtual power plants differ from microgrids in a few important ways. Microgrids are usually created for one fixed location, like a large development or a campus of buildings. One of the defining characteristics of a microgrid is that it can create an “island” that operates off-grid if needed. To do this, microgrids rely on hardware like inverters and switches... ...Full Story Here RSK: This is a welcome outlook on energy management. Not all energy is the same. Energy being produced by individuals and companies from solar and wind and pumped into the overall grid is oftentimes not compatible with the system. VPPs can help manage this problem for industries and power companies alike. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() ![]() Colliers|Wisconsin is expanding its Madison, Wisconsin, office with the addition Jesse Schluter. (see article above)Colliers| Wisconsin offers clients in the Wisconsin market, expertise in every property type. Wisconsin’s Colliers office offers a comprehensive portfolio of real estate services to occupiers, owners and investors on a local, regional, national and international basis, including: Brokerage Services, Corporate Solutions, Property Management and Valuation & Advisory Services. Colliers is the third-largest commercial real estate services company in the world, with over 12,300 professionals operating out of more than 522 offices in 62 countries.
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US hotel performance picks up as summer season begins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() In similar fashion, TSA screenings over the past week also posted a year-over-year increase following three weeks of declines. Some of this turnabout stems from a later end date for U.S. schools reported by STR’s School Break Report. Demand increases were even more pronounced in the northern part of the country where summer breaks tend to start later. This further highlights the impact school calendars have on hotel performance trends. Additionally, the movement of the Juneteenth holiday from Wednesday in 2024 to Thursday this year made for easy comps early in the week and for a stronger weekend. U.S. hotel RevPAR for the week advanced 3.3%, the result of average daily rate up 2% and occupancy rising 0.9 percentage points. This was the first weekly occupancy increase since early May... RSK: With the hot summer the Hotels and water parks in Wisconsin Dells are humming, bringing tourist dollars to all businesses. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() See All Listings Here......Full Story HereOne area of expertise for Investors Associated is first class property management. To keep our properties running smoothly, we focus on the little things with the big picture in mind. Our team is comprised of a group of individuals that oversees the day-to-day operations such tenant retention, lease negotiations and property maintenance costs. Bottom line, if you’re not happy, we’re not happy! Check out our properties today and see why you should lease with us. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No 51st State: Resort-Area Hoteliers Feel The Canadian Cold This Summer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() But once-bustling cross-border tourist traffic has slowed to a crawl in the months since President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs and floated the idea of annexing Canada. The fallout is prompting a wave of trip cancellations, leaving hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues scrambling to make up for lost business at the start of what was already setting up to be a less-than-favorable summer season... RSK: If you have a good place, well run at a reasonable price, they will be back. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Even Industrial Landlords Are Struggling to Refinance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The industrial real estate sector, once considered a stronghold in commercial property, is now grappling with refinancing challenges. Despite high occupancy rates and robust demand for logistics and warehouse spaces, landlords are facing difficulties due to rising interest rates and tightened lending standards. The surge in borrowing costs has eroded the financial cushion that many industrial property owners once relied upon, making refinancing a more arduous task. In an unexpected twist, Fortress Investment Group may miss a July?15 payment deadline on a roughly $2?billion bond tied to industrial properties—the majority leased to Amazon. Though these assets operate in a high?demand segment of commercial real estate, Fortress has been unable to secure refinancing on this substantial debt load, signaling stress even in e?commerce–backed portfolios... ...Full Story Here RSK: Even if you have the best AAA tenants such as Amazon, lenders have tightened refinance standards. But, I hardly believe any of them want to take back the properties. ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Food Fight Gift Cards...Food Fight is a locally owned and operated restaurant group with an ever-growing family of unique and diverse restaurants in the greater Madison area. Founded in 1994 by Monty Schiro of Monty’s Blue Plate Diner and local real estate investor Peder Moren, Food Fight Restaurant Group combined their creative vision and business sense with a mission of providing the best possible service and experiences for the greater community. ![]() Gift cards can be redeemed at all of our restaurants for dine-in visits or call-in carryout orders, and they never expire... ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Question: The listing agent has a seller who is a foreign national. He owns a vacant lot that he would like to sell. The listing agent is unsure of the verbiage that should be used in the listing contract to document that the seller will be subject to FIRPTA withholding. Where can the listing agent find some general information on this? Answer: Real estate agents are no longer required or encouraged to provide the documentation for FIRPTA compliance. Given changes to the WB offers, the seller will complete the certification no later than closing, which means the title company or some other entity or person serving as the qualified substitute will likely have the seller execute the certificate at closing. Ideally this will allow the seller to complete the certification along with the other closing documents the seller executes with the title company for closing. The offer provides that if the seller is a non-foreign person, the seller provides a sworn non-foreign status certification no later than closing. The certification may be delivered to the buyer or a qualified substitute. If the seller works with the title company as a qualified substitute, the title company should provide the buyer with a statement confirming the title company’s receipt of the document. The title company may provide this to the buyer along with any other closing documents. The real estate firm is not required to obtain or maintain copies of the FIRPTA certification forms. Additionally, the Vacant Land Disclosure Report (VLDR) asks whether the owner of the property is a foreign person as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. As such, the seller may use the VLDR to disclose that FIRPTA may apply. Item F10 on the VLDR provides: “Is the owner a foreign person, as defined in 26 USC 1445 (f)? (E.g. a nonresident alien individual, foreign corporation, foreign partnership, foreign trust, or foreign estate.) Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue Code (26 USC 1445), also known as the Foreign Investment In Real Property Tax Act or FIRPTA, provides that a transferee (buyer) of a U.S. real property interest must be notified in writing and must withhold tax if the transferor (seller) is a foreign person, unless an exception under FIRPTA applies to the transfer.” The WRA-VLD Vacant Land Disclosure Report can be found at Transactions (zipForm edition) and the WRA Forms Library. ...Full Story Here ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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