Insights

From the market.

Notes on Arizona retail — leasing, investment and site selection — from Sean Lieb.

Anchor Backfill: Arizona's Best Big-Box Deals Right Now
Investment

Anchor Backfill: Arizona's Best Big-Box Deals Right Now

Empty big boxes across metro Phoenix aren't dead weight — they're the most underpriced opportunity in Arizona retail right now, if you know how to reposition them.

Oct 7, 2026 · 5 min read
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Drive-Thru QSR: Why Net-Lease Buyers Keep Circling Arizona
Investment

Drive-Thru QSR: Why Net-Lease Buyers Keep Circling Arizona

Drive-thru QSR net-lease deals remain some of the most fought-over paper in Arizona retail. Here's why the demand isn't slowing down.

Oct 5, 2026 · 5 min read
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Industrial Outdoor Storage: Arizona's Quiet Cash-Flow Play
Investment

Industrial Outdoor Storage: Arizona's Quiet Cash-Flow Play

Fenced yards and trailer lots aren't glamorous, but in Arizona they're quietly outperforming on cash flow. Here's why IOS deserves a second look.

Oct 2, 2026 · 5 min read
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Buckeye Retail: Underwriting the West Valley's Frontier
Submarket Profile

Buckeye Retail: Underwriting the West Valley's Frontier

Buckeye's rooftop growth is real, but retail underwriting demands discipline—here's how I evaluate sites, timing, and tenant fit in this frontier submarket.

Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min read
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Surprise Retail: The West Valley's Next Rooftop Story
Submarket Profile

Surprise Retail: The West Valley's Next Rooftop Story

As Surprise's population keeps climbing, retail supply hasn't kept pace — creating one of the West Valley's more interesting landlord-favorable stories.

Sep 25, 2026 · 5 min read
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Queen Creek Retail: Chasing Arizona's Fastest-Growing Rooftops
Submarket Profile

Queen Creek Retail: Chasing Arizona's Fastest-Growing Rooftops

Queen Creek's rooftop growth is outpacing retail supply — here's what that imbalance means for landlords, tenants, and investors chasing this submarket.

Sep 23, 2026 · 5 min read
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Glendale Retail: Riding the Sports & Entertainment Boom
Submarket Profile

Glendale Retail: Riding the Sports & Entertainment Boom

Glendale's sports and entertainment core keeps pulling retail demand outward. Here's what landlords, tenants, and investors should actually watch.

Sep 21, 2026 · 5 min read
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Mesa Retail: The East Valley's Best-Kept Value Play
Submarket Profile

Mesa Retail: The East Valley's Best-Kept Value Play

Mesa's retail corridors offer Scottsdale-adjacent fundamentals at a discount — here's why owners, tenants and investors should be paying closer attention.

Sep 18, 2026 · 5 min read
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Tempe Retail: Where Student Density Meets Transit-Oriented Growth
Submarket Profile

Tempe Retail: Where Student Density Meets Transit-Oriented Growth

ASU's density and the Valley Metro line are turning Tempe into Arizona's most walkable retail lab — here's what landlords and tenants need to understand.

Sep 16, 2026 · 5 min read
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Scottsdale Retail: Where Luxury Tenants Are Betting Next
Submarket Profile

Scottsdale Retail: Where Luxury Tenants Are Betting Next

Luxury retailers are pushing past Fashion Square's walls into Old Town and North Scottsdale. Here's where I'm seeing the smart money move.

Sep 15, 2026 · 5 min read
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Peoria Arizona retail corridor
Submarket Profile

Peoria: The Northwest Valley's Next Retail Growth Corridor

Between TSMC-driven job growth, aggressive city land positioning and a wave of new mixed-use projects, Peoria is emerging as one of the Valley's most interesting retail submarkets.

Sep 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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Chandler Arizona retail corridor
Submarket Profile

Chandler Retail: Inside the East Valley's Hottest Submarket

High-wage employers, a reinventing Chandler Fashion Center and briskly-trading grocery-anchored centers make Chandler the East Valley's most competitive retail submarket.

Sep 7, 2026 · 6 min read
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Gilbert Arizona retail development
Submarket Profile

Gilbert Retail: Inside Arizona's Hottest Suburban Submarket

Grocery anchors, national brands and a wave of mixed-use construction are turning Gilbert into the East Valley's most competitive retail submarket.

Sep 4, 2026 · 6 min read
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Medical retail in Arizona strip centers
Leasing

Medical Retail: The Tenant Quietly Reshaping Arizona Strip Centers

Urgent care, dental, med spas and physical therapy are backfilling Valley strip centers with strong credit and long leases — here's why it matters.

Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min read
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Grocery-anchored retail center
Investment

Why Grocery-Anchored Centers Anchor Phoenix Retail

Cycle after cycle, grocery-anchored centers are the most durable income in retail — and Greater Phoenix keeps proving it.

Aug 11, 2026 · 5 min read
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Phoenix retail market
Market Report

Why Phoenix Retail Is Outperforming in 2026

Population growth, limited new supply and resilient consumer demand keep Valley retail among the tightest markets in the country.

Aug 4, 2026 · 5 min read
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Retail leasing
Leasing

Landlord vs. Tenant Rep: What Moves the Needle

Both sides win on preparation. Here's how representation actually changes outcomes on a retail lease.

Jul 21, 2026 · 6 min read
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Net lease investment
Investment

A Buyer's Guide to Net-Lease Deals in Arizona

Single-tenant net-lease can be the most passive real estate you'll own — if you underwrite the right things.

Jun 30, 2026 · 7 min read
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Retail site selection
Tenant Rep

Site Selection 101: How the Best Retailers Pick a Corner

Demographics, traffic, co-tenancy and visibility — the framework national retailers use to choose a location.

Jun 12, 2026 · 6 min read
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1031 exchange
Investment

The 1031 Exchange Playbook for Retail Investors

Defer taxes and trade up — the timeline, the rules, and the pitfalls that collapse an exchange.

May 28, 2026 · 6 min read
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Tucson vs Phoenix retail
Market Report

Tucson vs. Phoenix: Two Arizona Retail Playbooks

Both markets are healthy — but they reward very different strategies. Don't import one playbook into the other.

May 9, 2026 · 5 min read
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