Single tenant net lease properties remain a hotbed of activity in the commercial real estate industry. And market fundamentals point to continued strength in the sector...
With anchor stores like Giant Foods, Home Depot and Marshall’s, Palmer Town Center in Easton, Penn., is decidedly outside the ranks of trophy properties. Those attributes, however, did not stop 14 investors from...
When a retailer announces that it will sell off about 1,200 stores in order to take its business to the next level, these days the assumption is that the company is struggling to stay afloat and needs to quickly shed...
At this time of year commercial real estate executives and investment funds usually look back at how the REIT sector fared in terms of mergers and acquisitions. The outcome in 2016 was mixed, and fell short of...
Post-holiday store closings are as dependable as the seasonal tree lightings and concerts that precede them. When department store analysts announced that store closings could number 550 in the next couple of years...
This holiday shopping season seemed to be a decent one for the retail sector, with the Thomson Reuters Same-Store Sales Index posting a 2.4 percent increase for December, above expectations.
Healthy same-store sal...
Department stores and specialty retailers have been under constant pressure from industry-changing forces, including the rise of e-commerce, fierce competition in the brick-and-mortar space and changing consumer...
Regency Centers/Equity One deal is shaping up to be a landmark merger, creating the largest REIT in the grocery-anchored shopping center space. After the deal is closed as expected in 2017, the combined company will...
The lodging sector is coming off years of success, in which both occupancy and revenue per available room (RevPAR) have grown across the board. But recent economic trends are beginning to challenge the industry’s abi...
When companies such as Darden Restaurants and Restaurant Brands International report quarterly earnings results, improvements in total sales and revenues can project the image of health. But comparable sales numbers...
