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Once thought to herald the demise of brick and mortar stores, online shopping is proving to be a critical element in the revival of the in-person retail shopping experience. The advent of online shopping forced a substantial...more
Contrary to popular belief, brick and mortar retail spaces are not dying, but they are changing, and the zoning implications are significant. In 2023, North American retail vacancy rates declined to record lows, and less...more
Owners of shopping centers and other retail spaces are again increasingly looking to novel uses, including distribution and warehouse uses, sometimes called “fulfillment centers”, to fill growing vacancies. These emerging...more
There continues to be a lot of discussion throughout the commercial real estate industry about competition from online retailers and the holes created by failing and downsizing businesses that have traditionally focused on...more
It may have been unthinkable ten to fifteen years ago, but the shift in consumer shopping patterns from brick-and-mortar stores to online platforms has resulted in the emergence of retail-to-industrial conversions over the...more
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 result, both landlords and...more
Big box stores have recently been large contributors to the “retail apocalypse” facing owners of shopping centers with broad swaths of empty space....more
For many decades, the downtown, metropolitan area of a city was considered the central breeding ground for innovation and economic development....more
New York City, one of the world’s premier shopping destinations is about to get over one and a half million square feet of new retail space. ...more
Tenant curation, experiential retail, and social media-based marketing are thriving trends in today’s brick-and-mortar shopping center industry. Retail is not the only real estate asset class susceptible to trends, and a...more