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Los Angeles — The retail industry is evolving, and the tried and true formulas for development are no longer enough to attract shoppers. The convenience of e-commerce is cutting into purchases once...
View ArticleEntertainment-Based Retail Requires Patience, Creativity, Say EEE Panelists
Los Angeles — In today’s retail environment, adding local food and beverage concepts, entertainment venues and landscaped parks seems like a surefire way to revitalize a dated shopping center. A...
View ArticleFaris Lee: Economic Expansion to Continue through 2020
Richard Chichester, president and CEO of Faris Lee, knows we’re late in the cycle, but he doesn’t see this as a bad thing. Nor does he see this timing as a cause for near-term concern. “The U.S. is...
View ArticlePop-Up Stores Offer Reprieve to Retail Owners, Say Ancillary Retail Expo...
New Orleans — As legacy retailers continue closing stores and mall and mixed-use developers face the prospect — and reality — of vacant store spaces, specialty leasing and business development teams...
View ArticleRetailers, Landlords Face Complications of Factoring Online Returns Into...
With the rise of e-commerce, declining foot traffic in malls and shuttering department stores, retail landlords and brick-and-mortar tenants have faced a wave of challenges in recent years. As a...
View ArticleRetail Property Taxes Likely To Rise
As retailers rise and fall in the age of Amazon, property taxes remain one of retailers’ largest operating expenses. That makes it critical to monitor assessments of retail properties and be ready to...
View ArticleEntertainment Offerings Help Malls Compete with E-Commerce
Much has been made about online retail — and rightly so — with Amazon now an integral part of everyday life in the United States. But e-commerce’s growth doesn’t mean brick-and-mortar retail is dead....
View ArticleSports Entertainment Provides a Promising Future for Retail Real Estate
Atlanta — The future of food and beverage retail is…sports? To hear from “The Future of Restaurants & Entertainment” panel at the ICSC Southeast Conference & Deal Making event, sports-centric...
View ArticleHoliday Shoppers Plan to Spend 4 Percent More This Year, NRF Survey Shows
Washington, D.C. — American consumers plan to boost their holiday spending 4 percent this season on a year-over-year basis, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insight &...
View ArticleF&B Dominates Discussion at ICSC’s Chicago Deal Making
Chicago — The food and beverage industry dominated much of the programming and sessions at this year’s Chicago Deal Making, hosted by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). In fact, the...
View ArticleCCIM: ‘Culprit’ for Retail Bankruptcies Is Being Overleveraged, Over-Retailed
Over the weekend, fast fashion retailer Forever 21 was the latest to file for bankruptcy protection. The low-price, teen-focused apparel retailer plans to close 350 stores worldwide, including up to...
View ArticleRetailers Look to Capture the ‘Laptops and Lattes’ Crowd
Los Angeles — The four F’s may need to move over: there’s a new consonant in town. While fun, food, fitness and fashion are still category staples in shopping centers, retailers at ICSC’s Western...
View ArticleReis: National Retail Vacancy Experiences First Drop Since 2016
New York City — The national retail vacancy rate fell 10 basis points to 10.1 percent in the second quarter, according to New York City-based commercial real estate data firm Reis. This is the first...
View ArticleQ&A: Best Practices for Filling Vacant Big Box Space
Shopping Center Business recently sat down with Cynthia Nelson, senior managing director in the real estate solutions practice at FTI Consulting, to discuss the current retail landscape and tips and...
View ArticleThe Truth About Tariffs
Talks of tariffs and trade wars have dominated the news lately as the U.S. negotiates abroad over everything from immigration deals with Mexico to intellectual property protection (or lack thereof) in...
View ArticleTwo New Tri-Land Investment Funds Hungry to Acquire Grocery-Anchored Retail...
In today’s volatile retail real estate climate, there is ample need for redevelopment or value-add acquisitions. Tri-Land, a Chicago-based owner and operator, is one such company known for...
View ArticleInvesting in Retail Sustainability
Jeffrey S. Edison, Chairman and CEO of Phillips Edison & Company (PECO), knows sustainability will play a large role in the operation, development, design and longevity of today’s shopping centers....
View ArticleExpress Car Washes Are A Bright Choice For Net Lease Investors
By Austin Blodgett and Eric Wohl, Hanley Investment Group The professional car wash industry is more than 100 years old. Yet, the category has only recently picked up steam as a viable alternative to...
View ArticleMeasuring What Matters: What’s All of this Real Estate Data Good For?
The great paradox of the real estate business is that, on one hand, it’s the single largest asset class on the planet with a global estimate of $228 trillion, and it generates tremendous amounts of...
View ArticleSpecialty Leasing Raises the Bar on Creativity
Starwood Retail Partners recognizes that its centers are not only places that need to engage their communities, they’re also proving grounds for the retail trends of tomorrow. So through various...
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