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U.S. Manufacturing Holds Expansion Streak as Prices Paid Surge on Steel, Aluminum, and Tariff Pressures
The ISM manufacturing index posted back-to-back expansionary readings for only the second time since 2022 U.S. manufacturing activity remained in expansion territory for...
Four Emerging Design Signals Are Reshaping the Next Generation of Hospitals
The global architecture and planning firm identifies distributed care networks, embedded clinical research, community-centered design, and AI-ready infrastructure as the defining forces behind...
Wells Fargo Forecasts Sharp February Payroll Slowdown as January Jobs Surge Fades
The blockbuster January jobs number was likely a mirage, per the assessment of economists at Wells Fargo Economics, who are projecting nonfarm payroll...
LA-Long Beach Ports Sustain Record Volumes Despite Worst Tariff Volatility in Five Years As Industrial Market Cools
The Southern California port complex retained its dominance of North American container trade in 2025, but back-to-back years of record activity are masking...
Construction Spending Finds Footing at End of 2025, Headwinds Loom for 2026
Residential gains and data center investment helped stabilize total outlays in December, even as nonresidential categories weakened and building cost inflation accelerated to...
Hudson Pacific Reports $278MM Q4 Net Loss on Quixote Write-Down Even as Hollywood Office Assets Hold at Full Occupancy
LA-based REIT posts fourth consecutive quarterly loss totaling $572MM for full year 2025, while Element LA sale, studio leasing gains, and 2026 FFO...
Lendlease Reports $223MM Operating Loss and US Impairments on Same Day It Files $470MM Bid for Downtown LA’s Oceanwide Plaza
Australia-based builder and investment manager doubles down on its American presence with the Oceanwide acquisition even as the company absorbs write-downs across its...
Brookfield Takes Peakstone Realty Trust Private in $1.2 Billion All-Cash Deal, Betting Big on Industrial Outdoor Storage
The acquisition caps Peakstone’s years-long transformation from a diversified office-and-industrial landlord into a pure-play industrial REIT with 76 properties. Brookfield Asset Management has...
AI’s Toll on Customer Service Signals Broader Workforce Reckoning as Tech Spending Reshapes Markets
New survey data shows customer support hiring has cratered by nearly two-thirds in two years, even as historical patterns suggest AI will ultimately...
Southern California’s Data Center Market Navigates Surging AI Demand Against the Nation’s Highest Power Costs
JLL’s year-end 2025 North America report shows Southern California holding 355 MW of existing data center capacity as the broader continent faces an...
Cushman & Wakefield Maps Four AI Scenarios for Commercial Real Estate, Warns of Widening Property Bifurcation
The firm’s new econometric framework and AI Impact Barometer offer occupiers and investors a data-driven lens on how artificial intelligence could reshape demand,...
Orange County Targets 50,000 New Healthcare Jobs by 2035 in Economic Opportunity Blueprint
Leaders call for scaling workforce capacity while building equitable bridges into tech and life sciences sectors with salaries projected to exceed $250,000 Orange...
