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How’s the Office Market Doing? Short Answer: It Depends…

While national office market forecasts predict stabilization in 2026, individual building performance is expected to diverge sharply by asset quality and location. That’s the assessment of much of the nation’s brokerage community, which…

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Promising Signs Emerging in SoCal Industrial Market

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Industrial market watchers are entering 2026 with renewed optimism. Despite continued economic uncertainty, a number of factors are fueling that optimism, led by sustained demand for modern logistics, e-commerce, and manufacturing facilities.…

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Access to Power: The New Priority for Industrial Site Selection

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“Location, location, location” has long been the watchword for businesses looking to establish or relocate their facilities. For industrial users, this has typically meant proximity to highways, rail, and ports, as well as access to both…

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CRE Predictions for 2026

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The door has thankfully closed on 2025. We say goodbye to a year that saw unpredictable tariff policy, a government shutdown, continued downward repricing of assets, and stubbornly high interest rates for most of the year. Industry experts are…

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CRE Year in Review

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It’s been a tumultuous year for commercial real estate. But as industry veterans at Voit constantly remind us, we’ve been here before and have always come out on the other side. There were several jarring disruptions to the market in 2025,…

Celebrating the Spirit of Giving

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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill At Voit Real Estate Services, we celebrate the spirit of giving year-round because giving back has always been deeply ingrained in our company…

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The State of Retail Markets

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With Black Friday behind us and just three weeks left until Christmas, it’s time to take a look at how the retail markets are faring in 2025 and what the outlook is for 2026. We’ll begin with a national overview of retail trends, examine…

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The Impact of the Shutdown: Economic Instability Clouds CRE Decision Making

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The longest government shutdown in American history ended last week when President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January. While the (possibly temporary) reopening of the government brought a sigh of relief for…

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Investors: SoCal Self-Storage Market Heating Up

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One of the most historically overlooked asset classes for CRE investors has been self-storage, despite consistently delivering solid returns, even in times of market turbulence. Over the 20 years from 2000 to 2020, self-storage consistently…

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Industrial Tenants Gaining Leverage as Economic Uncertainty Persists

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Industrial leasing and sales began to show signs of recovery and resilience in the third quarter of 2025, despite persistent economic uncertainty. Leasing volume nationwide surged to its highest point since early 2024, according to national…

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Office Update: SoCal Office Leasing Markets a Mixed Bag

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There is growing momentum in the office leasing market nationwide, with many markets seeing significant reductions in vacancy rates. In its September report, Yardi Matrix states that the national office vacancy rate stood at 18.7% as of August—down…

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Broker Profile: Senior Vice President Greg Marx

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Growing up and attending public schools in a blue-collar area of Escondido, California, Senior Vice President and Partner Greg Marx, SIOR of the San Diego office had trouble envisioning, as the saying goes, “how the other half lives.” That…

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SBA Program Incentives and Updates Spur Loan Volume Increases

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that it would be waiving most upfront fees for small manufacturers for the fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026). The hope was to empower more small manufacturers…

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What the Recent (and Future) Rate Cuts Mean for Investors and Owner-Users

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Two weeks ago, the Federal Reserve made its first rate cut since December 2024. The 25-basis-point reduction set the rate at 4.00% to 4.25%. The Fed also signaled that two more cuts are possible this year and one more in 2026. If implemented,…

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Is a Sale-Leaseback Right for Your Business?

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In a time of economic uncertainty driven by sporadic tariff policies, nagging inflation concerns, and a potential economic slowdown, some owner-users are turning to sale-leasebacks as a way to free up capital. It’s a strategy that offers benefits…

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Time to Buy? Owner-User Sales Gaining Momentum

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While overall sales volume for real estate assets (excluding multifamily) has been a mixed bag in 2025, one area where there has been an uptick is in owner-user sales, especially on the office side, according to multiple reports. In addition…