19
Sep
2016
Brick-and-mortar Retail: The Road Ahead
Posted On September 19, 2016  By Garrick Brown  And has No Comment

Mark Twain is often quoted as saying, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” If the retail sector had a collective voice, it might echo what the great writer once said. It may surprise those who’ve seen recent headlines to hear that while several retail categories have been […]

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12
Sep
2016
Brick-and-mortar Retail: The Sky is Not Falling
Posted On September 12, 2016  By Garrick Brown  And has No Comment

Earlier this year, Amazon stunned Wall Street by delivering an earnings per share 60 percent higher than expected — $1.78 per share above the projected $1.11. Naturally, Amazon stock soared and in one day, Amazon surpassed Exxon-Mobil to become the fourth most valuable company on earth. […]

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29
Aug
2016
Office, Retail, Warehouse: Defining Each Sector’s Strength
Posted On August 29, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 2 Comments

How do construction and development expenditures for office, retail, warehouse and industrial stack up? The NAIOP Research Foundation sought to define the spending for each in its newest research report, “Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate, 2016 Edition.” “Hard costs” define the construction portion of development, […]

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12
Aug
2016
Retail Offers Clear Skies in a Cloudy Construction Forecast
Posted On August 12, 2016  By Todd Burns  And has No Comment

Construction growth has become more tempered this year compared to the last few years, as many companies take a “proceed with caution” attitude to capital spending. Rising construction costs and global economic uncertainty have companies holding tight on capital budgets this year, according to JLL’s latest […]

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03
Jun
2016
Webrooming: A New Dimension to Online Retail
Posted On June 3, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

Clothes, shoes, home goods and even groceries: buying online is faster, more convenient and sometimes less expensive. You know your sizes, favorite brands and trusted retailers. But how about buying jewelry online? Can you envision the weight, style or quality? Online jewelry retailer Blue Nile is […]

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26
Feb
2016
Restaurants are the New Retail
Posted On February 26, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

“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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22
Feb
2016
Retail is Going Open-Air
Posted On February 22, 2016  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has 1 Comment

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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30
Nov
2015
The Priciest Streets in America
Posted On November 30, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

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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23
Nov
2015
Bricks, Mortar, Books … and Amazon?
Posted On November 23, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

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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09
Nov
2015
Top 10 States for Retail
Posted On November 9, 2015  By Kathryn Hamilton, CAE  And has No Comment

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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