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The Current State of Shopping Centers Shopping center landlords are welcoming back customers after the pandemic to a new retail landscape. The latest focus to optimize the customer experience is modern technology, including ghost kitchens. The virtual-only restaurant concept is breathing new life into underused or vacant shopping center spaces. In 2019, the ghost kitchen […]

Building for the Future Shifting consumer habits and the ongoing dominance of e-commerce have forced traditional retailers to rethink their development strategies. At the onset of COVID-19, traditional malls, and centers heavy in soft goods retailers were hit the hardest. As lockdowns affected stores throughout the nation, the market saw a surge in online shopping […]

A Look at the Grocery-Anchored Retail Sector   Since the pandemic was introduced, grocery stores have gained popularity with people looking for cheaper alternatives to restaurants and overall healthier lifestyles. It was initially anticipated grocery store sales would fall off during the pandemic, and the sector would see an online shift to the grocery delivery […]

How is the Southeast Performing? The Southeast also boasts one of the strongest industrial supply pipelines in the country. Most Southeast multifamily markets are seeing robust recovery and historical highs in rent growth and historical lows in vacancy rates. Out-of-state investors, specifically from New York and California, are driving retail activity throughout the area and […]

New commercial real estate construction is limited as inflation continues to put barriers on building material acquisition yet simultaneously drives the value of existing properties. According to Trading Economics, the current inflation rate sits at 8.5 percent as of March 2022. Experts predict that the record growth in industrial and multifamily in 2021 cannot be sustained into […]

  According to the World Population Review, Cleveland is the second-largest city in Ohio, with a population of 374,394. Once a manufacturing hub, Cleveland’s growth was primarily driven by the industrial sector. Now that manufacturing has shifted overseas and is facing headwinds due to disrupted supply chains and labor shortages caused by COVID-19, Cleveland has […]

  As the pandemic moves further into the rearview mirror, retail properties are becoming increasingly attractive. Daily needs-anchored retail shopping centers and regional power centers proved to be resilient through the last two challenging years, and retail is available at much more attractive cap rates than other asset classes that performed well through the pandemic, […]

  Central Florida has held up relatively well in terms of multi-tenant retail demand and investment activity. The majority of Orlando’s retail indicators are outperforming the National Index with minimal signs of upcoming weakness. Orlando’s multi-tenant retail demand is fueled by the largest tourism industry in the nation and one of the nation’s most robust […]

Commercial real estate (CRE) has historically lagged behind other industries in adopting technology, particularly the disruptive changes that transform the way business is done. Customer relationship managements (CRMs) and email campaigns have replaced the Rolodexes and flyers of 30 years ago. But digital replacements for physical processes provide relatively minor benefits when compared to the […]