August 4, 2015
New Opportunities Ahead for Shopping Centers in Northeast U.S. We recently saw the end of a long chapter in American retailing when the parent of the iconic A&P brand filed for Chapter 11. This is the second time in five years that the quaintly named Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (now a division of […]
READ STORYJuly 27, 2015
Flight to Quality is Seen in Major Retail Corridors in the Northeast Heading into the heart of 2015, the Northeast retail real estate market looks robust. Tenants wanting to establish or expand their footprint here have turned aggressive in leasing, absorbing much of the prime retail space. What remains is commanding higher prices. The result? […]
READ STORYJune 29, 2015
Outlook for Retail and Retail Real Estate Is Bullish The results of our annual mid-year Retail Sentiment Survey are in and theres positive activity on virtually every front. The survey queries managers within our 95-property, 13 million-square-foot shopping center portfolio regarding key performance indicators. Solid Growth in Sales Reported Is Mirrored by U.S. Commerce Department […]
READ STORYJune 29, 2015
Keen Appetites for Value-Added Investment Set the Tone for Annual Las Vegas Gathering With 35,000-plus attendees thronging last months ICSC RECon event in Las Vegas, it seems safe to say that commercial retail real estate is roaring back from the Great Recession in a big way. Its not just the number of attendees that impressed […]
READ STORYJune 24, 2015
Can You Corner Grab While Theme Parkifying and Side Selling? There are some new buzzwords in the retail real estate world that you’ll want to add to your business vocabulary. As might be expected, they’ve got an edgy quality that gives a new gloss to trends you might have seen stirring for a while in […]
READ STORYJune 16, 2015
Today’s Movers and Shakers Succeed with New Approaches With demand for retail leasing from national, local and franchise companies heating up in the Northeast, it’s a good time to take a look at the movers and shakers defining the next generation of tenancy. Though these companies span a range of categories, they all share a […]
READ STORYMay 12, 2015
A Convention Capital, Revived and Renewed, Hosts ICSC RECon for the 30th Consecutive Year Retail real estate professionals from around the world—a projected 30,000-plus—are set to stream through McCarran Airport next week, heading for the annual ICSC RECon at the Las Vegas Convention Center. They’ll be among the 36 million people expected to visit this […]
READ STORYMay 12, 2015
Platforms Roll Out New Features to Connect Shoppers and Merchants The second quarter of 2015 has just begun and already we are beginning to see those New Year’s marketing predictions evolving into actual retail and retail real estate trends. We could start with all that’s happening with mobile but that platform has moved out of […]
READ STORYMay 12, 2015
Omnichannel’s Next Big Challenge: A Retail Trend is Evolving Omnichannel is now the name of the game. Successful players have created (or in the process of creating) the consistent shopping experience that links online with brick and mortar for a seamless presentation of message and offers. But there’s never any resting on laurels. Here comes […]
READ STORYApril 20, 2015
Branding is a Retail Trend That’s Here to Stay…At Least for Now The current year, though only a quarter of the way through, looks a lot like the preceding one. Even though the economy continues to chug forward, most shoppers remain hyper-vigilant about value. For most retailers that means that promotion will be the marketing […]
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