Retail Sentiment Couldn’t Get More Complicated

Retail Sentiment Couldn’t Get More Complicated

Figuring out the health of commercial real estate’s retail sector is probably more complicated than ever right now.  Headlines detailing major department stores, such as Sears, Macy’s and Bon-Ton, closing stores seem to pop up regularly. And it’s hurting landlords....
CMBS Report: More Encouraging Numbers

CMBS Report: More Encouraging Numbers

GRS Group tries to touch on CMBS trends on a relatively regular basis.  This is because of the amount of them hitting maturity around this time.  Also, because of the anticipatory concerns that were sparked by the commercial real estate industry about a wave of...

Best Buy Q2, Nordstrom Rumors, Equal a Weird Retail World

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...

Sears CEO has More than Fake News to Worry About

There is a lot of talk these days about “fake news.” The truth is, the media industry has been guilty of embellishment, sensationalism and over editorializing on certain subjects in forums when it’s supposed to be objective. Back in the late 1800s there was a term...