With rising inflation and multiple interest rate increases in 2022, both are hot topics impacting the commercial real estate industry. We share our latest findings which help ensure we continue providing credible appraisals and valuations. Inflation and Interest Rates Inflation is running at more than a 40-year high with the July 2022 Consumer Price Index…
Category: Industrial Real Estate Markets & Trends

2020 Banking and Construction Lending Trends for Minnesota
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization announced COVID-19 as a global pandemic (this day also happens to be my birthday so good or bad, it’s an easy date for me to remember). Since then, market uncertainty has caused commercial investors to increasingly worry whether their commercial appraisal analyses are accurate. At Simonson Appraisals,…

Minneapolis/St. Paul – 2019-2020 Commercial Real Estate Value Trends
I attended the 2020 Minneapolis/St. Paul Commercial Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal Forecast Summit held at the Golden Valley Country Club on Friday, January 17, 2020. This year had a slight twist as I was invited to speak on the multi-family panel. Topics centered on valuation trends for the retail, industrial, office and multi-family property…

Mid-Year 2019 Minneapolis/St. Paul CRE Markets
Like the mighty Mississippi River that flows through the north edge of downtown Minneapolis, the Minneapolis/St. Paul commercial real estate market continues to move forward at a healthy pace with a few areas worth paying attention to. Here are the best insights I gathered from the panel of speakers at the June 14, 2019 Commercial…

Mid-Year 2017 Minneapolis/St. Paul CRE Trends
Here are the best insights I gathered from the panel of speakers at the June 15, 2017 Commercial Real Estate Forecast Summit, put together by Jeff Johnson and the MN Real Estate Journal. They put together some excellent continuing education events. This half-day seminar focused on current real estate trends for retail, industrial, office and…

Williston, ND Industrial Real Estate Trends
Williston, North Dakota Industrial Market – April 2016 Photo is overlooking Williston, ND, taken by Mitchell Simonson, MAI Historically, the Williston Micropolitan Area industrial market has not been formally recorded by an organization or institution because of its location and market size. The Williston market area, located in the center of the Bakken Oil Reserve has…