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Good News Friday: Reflections on a Year of Good News
It has been just about one year since Grubb & Ellis began to publish “Good News Friday.” The first edition talked about the $792 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the much-maligned …
Monthly Change in Total Consumer Credit
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
Overshadowed by Friday’s employment situation report from the Labor Department, the Federal Reserve released its G19 report, which stated that tot…
Good News Friday: Where to Begin?
There is more good news out there than usual, making it tough to know where to begin. Vacancy rates in two sub-categories of commercial real estate may have already peaked at year-end 2…
Monthly Home Sales
In Millions, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
Sales of both new and existing homes have slipped in recent months, raising doubts about the durability of the housing market recovery…
Good News Friday: What Inflation?
Inflation remained quiet in January despite the extra liquidity sloshing around the credit markets and the large deficits being racked up by the federal government. Over the past 12 months…
Child Start to open Head Start center in European Car Co. space
Child Start will lease the former European Car Co. building at 1510 E. Second St. Jeff Englert, Scott Salome and Grant Glasgow with Grubb & Ellis/Martens Commercial Group handled the deal. Grants fro…
Little Caesars franchisees to open office at Market Centre
Little Caesars franchisees Austin Morris and his father, Brian, are preparing to expand in Wichita and now have their first office. Previously, they were working out of their homes. Now, they’ve le…
Bionic Burger to open a third restaurant
Bionic Burger is going to open its third Wichita restaurant in April. The chain has signed an almost 10-year sublease in the former Long John Silver’s space at 6121 E. 21st St. Bionic Burger also h…
Federal Debt as Percent of GDP
The Obama administration’s recently released budget for fiscal year 2011 forecasts some fairly hefty deficit and debt totals in the coming years. Publicly held debt as a percen…
Good News Friday: Country of Big Shoulders
Manufacturing has been a source of anxiety since at least the late 1980s when Japan seemed ready to eclipse the U.S. as a production and economic colossus. The troubles in the automobile i…
