Retail restaurant client seeking new location for his conceptual idea of the next hottest restaurant to hit the valley. So I took a call from, let’s call him Mr. X, who cam through from the office line the other day and began to wonder why I did. The gentleman was deliberate on his presentation, knew exactly what he was looking for, and basically told me how I should do my job of representing him. Well, after I heard about how I did not...

Recently I have been charged with finding the best locations for Snap Fireworks in all of Arizona. Finding the best locations for Snap Fireworks is exciting and fun at the same time. Not only are there plenty of retail spaces available, landlords are looking for this type of retailer to bring to their shopping centers, corner lots, and parking areas. This allows for the landlord to attract major traffic to their property, and that equates to...

With a recent uptick in same store sales, Tropical Smoothie is in growth mode once again. Tropical Smoothie has been experiencing a bit of a downtrend over the past year, until recently. There has been a surge in customer loyalty and new customer acquisition, and with the help of bright and shining stars at the helm of operations, Tropical Smoothie is, once again, expanding in key markets. Those markets include Arizona. This is where I step...

With the turning the new new year, comes change.  From persons to personalities, to lifestyle to Retail.  Now is the time where there are seen many Retail Lifestyle Centers changing, well evolving is more like it. We have come to a point in time where lifestyle is overcoming retail, and so has the tenant mix within lifestyle centers. Where the older version of lifestyle centers was that of high-end product and service units, we are now...

This new client is looking for a building to purchase. They have been in business for a few years, and right now, business is good! They are completely busting out of the seems right now, and literally are stacked on top of each other in their current building. Here is the catch though, because you know there is always a catch, they are buying a new building and keeping the old one too! Not really a catch, but an extra. So, here is what they...

So, as we all know the market is not up to speed and, frankly, considered a bit slow. However, there are these usual suspects called, the Rainmakers, who are getting ready for a storm to hit. Buyers of REO properties have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for a great deals to pop up and they pounce on the slightest glimpse. This waiting game is excruciatingly exhausting, and can make or break real estate professionals all around the world....