Hungry for Tax Revenue, Municipalities Serve Up Incentives to Lure Retailers and Developers.
May 2, 2011, By Jennifer Popovec, Retail Traffic Contributing Writer
Retailers and developers are finding municipalities are offering incentives in order to drive increases in tax revenues....
Is E-Commerce the Shopping Center Industry’s Friend or Foe?
May 2, 2011, By David Lynn, NREI Contributing Columnist
Is e-commerce the shopping center industry’s friend or foe?...
Big-Box Giants Downsize to Drive Productivity with Smaller, Urban Stores
Mar 30, 2011, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Many big-box chains have started to shrink average store footprints or developed smaller concepts. ...
10 Ideas for Filling Vacant Borders Stores
Feb 24, 2011
Last week, Borders filed for bankruptcy and quickly identified 200 stores it would close while leaving open the possibility that it might add another 75 stores to the list. The closings will prove more problematic for some centers than others and cause distress for some lenders. Retail Traffic’s editorial team spoke with several brokers, developers and other retail real estate experts in recent days to pick their brains for ideas landlords could explore to fill empty Borders spaces. The following slideshow lays out some of our findings. ...
CMBS Market’s Exposure to Bankruptcy Filing by Borders Raises Concerns
Feb 22, 2011, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Borders’ Chapter 11 filing will affect some CMBS pools....
Department Stores Show Surprising Resilience
Feb 15, 2011, By David Bodamer
New research shows that the department store sector gained market share for the first time since the 1980s during the holiday shopping season....
Holiday Sales Come in Strong, but Consumers Will Remain Challenged in 2011
Jan 6, 2011, By Elaine Misonzhnik
A strong holiday shopping season is reason for cheer, but there are still challenges ahead for consumers....
Retail Real Estate's 2010 in Review
Dec 28, 2010, By David Bodamer
At look at the highlights from the year in retail real estate. ...
Retail M&A Volume Down Globally From 2009
Oct 26, 2010, By David Bodamer
Retail merger and acquisition volume is down compared with last year. ...
Drugstores Offer Prescription for Low-Risk Investors
Oct 20, 2010, By Matt Hudgins, NREI Contributing Writer
Drugstores remain an attractive option for net lease investors. ...
