“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well,” says Virginia Woolf in “A Room of One’s Own.” And she’s right: Americans now spend more money at restaurants than they do at grocery stores, according to a report, Rise of the […]
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Shoppers can expect to see more open-air lifestyle centers than closed-in, windowless malls, thanks to a rising trend in retail redevelopment. Malls from coast-to-coast are being repositioned as open-air, walkable retail plazas. These more pedestrian-friendly shopping areas offer more of a “main street” experience, including outdoor […]
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Rodeo Drive, Michigan Avenue and Georgetown’s M Street are notorious as expensive streets for shoppers, but what ranks as the priciest street for real estate, based on rents on a per-square-foot basis? The company’s biennial study of the “Most Expensive Streets” across the United States says […]
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What’s old is new again. Amazon brings that adage to life as it opens … gulp, a bookstore? That’s right, the online giant blurs the lines between e-commerce and retail once again by opening its first-ever physical bookstore. Amazon Books, Fortune says, is located in the […]
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Texas is the hottest market for retail development, followed by shopping meccas of California and New York, says a top 10 list in “Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2015 Edition,” published by the NAIOP Research Foundation. The list rates the top states by construction value, […]
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The holiday shopping season could sparkle in a new way this year as major retailers such as Walmart increasingly invest in geolocation and other digital technology to offer a personalized, responsive shopping experience – that also drives up sales. Whether you are searching high and low […]
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Two Toronto experts joined the NAIOP Board of Directors at Commercial Real Estate Conference 2015 to provide a deep look into what’s happening in the booming region of Greater Toronto. George Carras, president of RealNet Canada Inc., and Colin Johnston, president, Research, Valuation & Advisory with […]
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New research from JLL adds to the voices in local NAIOP chapters – from Hawaii to Massachusetts – about the profound impact the Millennial generation is having on the built environment. This generation, between the ages of 18 and 34, are changing the way we work […]
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From the “click” of the customer’s online order and the “knock” on their door announcing its delivery, e-commerce has picked up speed at a dizzying pace and retailers are working round-the-clock to meet delivery demands. The NAIOP Research Foundation dived into the topic in the most […]
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Rosslyn, Virginia-urbanites will soon be able to skip that trip to the suburbs for their Target fixes – the store is coming to them. The TargetExpress version, that is. Target inked a deal in mid-May to bring one of its new Express models to crowded Rosslyn, […]
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