Well-defined agreements, good communication, and fairness can help assure a successful project, start to finish.

Although more consumers are shopping online and many retailers are spending big bucks to beef up their e-commerce strategies, off-price retailers are aggressively expanding and proving to be resilient.

The national occupancy rate dropped to 81.7 percent during the months of April to June, a 79 basis point drop from the quarter before, according to a quarterly report from the NIC.