Analysis and insights on commercial real estate property management across the office, retail, multifamily and industrial sectors as well as the alternative CRE property types.
Having survived through the financial crisis and the Great Recession, today’s commercial real estate professionals may feel like the worst is finally behind them, but there are plenty of new challenges springing up in our industry. Will...
Even in the extremely competitive grocery segment, Trader Joe's managed to carve out a space for itself as one of the best-loved and most desired (by landlords) retailers. Want to learn why everyone loves the chain so much? Watch this video...
The long-in-the-making decline of department stores has been forcing regional mall firms to search for alternative anchors for years. In the past decade, big-box stores, restaurants, discounters and other large space users have all popped up as...
Expanding retailers want to know as much as they can about retail centers before signing leases, but they’re finding that landlords are being less than forthcoming when it comes to a specific piece of data: foot traffic counts...
Designers of today’s food courts and other common areas at regional malls draw inspiration from other spheres such as spas, hotels and lively cityscapes—and notably not the food courts of yesteryear. That’s because owners, developers and architec...
As vast numbers of U.S. retailers struggle with disappointing sales results month after month, the pressure has grown on landlords to grant relief. And after rebuffing such requests earlier in the year, many landlords are now reconsidering. The...
More owners and retailers are returning to cities for sites, trying to tap into underserved markets and capitalize on the preference of Baby Boomers and Generation Yers for urban living. The days where everything was about greenfield development...
