With the openings of two power centers along the Santan Freeway stretch of Loop 202, Gilbert will have almost 750,000 square feet of new retail space ready by the middle of next month, town officials said.

Vacancy rates for retail space dipped below 5 percent for the first time in Valley history, meaning demand for shop space is at an all-time high, according to the Phoenix office of CB Richard Ellis, a real estate brokerage services firm.

The last piece of the puzzle is about to fall into place at a shopping center on Greenfield Road in Mesa.

The last piece of the puzzle is about to fall into place at a shopping center on Greenfield Road in Mesa.

The San Tan Freeway is still a few years from completing its loop through Gilbert, but national retailers aren’t waiting for the roads to start ringing up sales.

At a time when empty storefronts are distressingly common at shopping centers, Chandler could almost post a neon “no vacancy” sign at the entrance to its downtown.

Seven years of relative tranquility in the East Valley's retail market ended last year with a year with a spike in vacancies, according to recent data from Phoenix-based Kammrath & Associates, a real estate consulting company.

Elements of Design, 16049 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop in Scottsdale, a full-service interior design firm, is expanding its physical footprint and its customer base.

When Christine Mackay started showing businesses around the Chandler airport area nearly a decade ago, she had a tough time convincing people that the region was the next hot place to build.

The Rockefeller Group and Investment Property Associates broke ground Tuesday, Feb. 5 on the first of two phases of a 402-unit apartment community at the northeast corner of Warner and Recker roads.

The Valley's retail market just capped off its worst year in nearly two decades, and the East Valley suffered the most, according to the latest quarterly report by commercial real estate brokerage CB Richard Ellis.

Positive retail growth in Apache Junction brightened an otherwise mostly dismal first quarter for commercial real estate in the East Valley, according to commercial real estate brokerage CB Richard Ellis.

Don't you hate it when you can't fit all of your sports cars and recreational vehicles into your garage? My Extra Garage is a new company offering storage facilities for people with too many high-priced toys.

Two of Scottsdale Fashion Square’s most popular shops have moved to new quarters, and just wait till you see the new features. Tiffany splashed over into space formerly occupied by Carolee Jewelry and Adrienne Vittadini, stores that left the mall.

A Boston-based developer wants to build another major mixed-use development along the Santan Freeway. The Promenade at San Tan will encompass 400,000 square feet of office, restaurant and retail space at the southeast corner of Val Vista Drive and Williams Field Road.

A group of Mesa residents says it wants to prevent the city from giving $42 million in incentives to developers of a 250-acre retail/office complex.

November 14, 2004