Commercial Real Estate

Citadel Partners Touts Culture, Service as Key to CRE Success

By Charles Grand / March 11, 2025 /

Local commercial real estate advisory firm Citadel Partners has been capitalizing on Fort Worth’s growth, leveraging its business insights to capture more market share and add personnel. “Word of Fort Worth is traveling quickly, and the city is gaining momentum and consideration for relocations from around the country,” said Andy Goldston, who made partner at…

Saks Global, Downtown Consortium Spar Over Neiman Marcus Narrative

By Charles Grand / March 5, 2025 /

A war of words broke out on Tuesday between Saks Global and a consortium of local stakeholders over the pending closure of Neiman Marcus’ flagship store in downtown Dallas. The public relations spat preceded a meeting that was supposedly going to take place at city hall on Wednesday between the Dallas Consortium for the Downtown…

So, That Downtown Neiman Marcus Store Debacle Was Not About Real Estate…

By Candy Evans / February 27, 2025 /

The store may not be saved after all? A downtown Dallas consortium got to work Tuesday, trying to save our downtown Neiman’s store after reports that the hold-up was a real estate problem based on land leases (See Preston Center West). But after Slaughter Partners announced they’d donate the leased strip of land to the…

Texas Is Dominating When It Comes to CRE Activity

By Charles Grand / February 23, 2025 /

Everything’s bigger in the Lone Star State, and that includes the CRE industry. Texas claimed the top spot nationwide in 2024 for direct expenditures on commercial real estate and overall industry contributions to state GDP, according to a study by the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association. Looking at the numbers, it’s not even close.…

Jonathan Miller: About That Report on Office to Residential Conversions

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 23, 2025 /

By Jonathan MillerSpecial Contributor We continue to hear about a commercial office recovery, but that is misleading – it is coming from commercial leasing brokers which is a conflict. Commercial office is often selling for ±30 cents on the dollar as WFH continues to savage rent levels. Yet the high-end office market is doing fine. And now we are seeing…