By the Numbers, Retail Doesn’t Look So Bad

By the Numbers, Retail Doesn’t Look So Bad

Retail real estate hasn’t garnered the most positive attention compared to other commercial real estate sectors, but many of its fundamentals are in good shape despite the negative attention. Trepp recently released a report pointing to many positive metric trends...
Self-Storage Investor Interest Expected to Increase

Self-Storage Investor Interest Expected to Increase

More institutional players are getting involved in self-storage investment according to recent reports.  That, in part, led to a decrease in fourth-quarter cap rates, from 6.5 percent to 6.3 percent year over year, according to data by Real Capital Analytics, as...
Kroger Exits Convenience Sector, Aims at Competitors

Kroger Exits Convenience Sector, Aims at Competitors

Retail real estate’s grocery sector is far from boring nowadays. Between Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods, Costco’s same-day online delivery, and Walmart having plans to increase its online presence with the reported purchase of meal-kit outfit Blue Apron, there has...
Mega Mall-Landlord Merger Activity Heats Up

Mega Mall-Landlord Merger Activity Heats Up

It’s been popular for quite some time now to talk about how the mall is dead. And sure, some of the “B” and “C” assets will die, unless they embrace experiential retail and completely revamp the ways they do business. But that hasn’t stopped a flurry of recent major...