by grsgrouptest | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog
The ship has sailed for those expecting any normality in the retail real estate industry. For years, landlords have dealt with mass store closures and the pressure posed by online shopping, most significantly Amazon, but now things have gotten strange to the point of...
by grsgrouptest | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
Last week I attended a Richmond Real Estate Group event, where the keynote speaker was John Jung, a senior managing director at BB&T Capital Markets, whose presentation was entitled “Making America’s Economy Great Again.” He told us what we might expect in the...
by Ian Ritter | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog
It’s not unusual to see retailers announce store closings right after the holiday season, but this year seems a bit extreme. The latest major announcement was by discount department store retailer Kohl’s, which will close 18 stores around the country. It is reportedly...
by Michael Gerard | Feb 11, 2016 | Blog
Due to the sheer size of the Texas commercial real estate market, many of the trends taking place in the Lone Star State are indicative of what’s happening in the industry at large. Here’s my perspective from the Dallas office of GRS | Title. 1. Multi-Use/Mixed-Use...
by Ian Ritter | Dec 1, 2015 | Blog
So far, it is not looking like a good holiday shopping season for retailers. Of course, who is really to know? It’s hard to even understand when the holiday season starts…or stops. To top that, different expert sources have varying crystal balls on the fate of the...
