Local players expect more of the same for Colorado Springs retailers in 2010. During 2009, retailers locally and nationally cut inventories, hinged their year on the all-important holiday season and took advantage of better leasing terms to either move to more desirable spaces or expand their operations as means to reposition themselves for an imminent [...] [...]
The Pikes Peak region’s commercial real estate market has thrived for years thanks to new and expanding national corporate players, local developers and small business start-ups. But as industry brokers, investors and analysts prepare for 2010, most acknowledge that commercial real estate investment has become increasingly challenging — and paydays less frequent — since mid [...] [...]
As some industries begin a slow recovery, 2010 could be the year that health care sees its own contained recession. Nationally, health care lags about a year behind other industries — so this year might be the year that the recession hits home for those in the industry. “The primary emphasis for all health care [...] [...]
I’m tired of gloom and doom-so here are my foolishly optimistic predictions for the year to come. A quiet boom will re-ignite our local economy, driven by government spending and renewed consumer /business confidence. New businesses will form and thrive, and existing enterprises will grow, modestly prosper, and even hire new employees. And here are [...] [...]