Retail investment sales volume in the first quarter amounted to $5.2 billion—down from $7.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2010. Year-over-year, sales were up about $2 billion from $3.2 billion in the first quarter of 2010 and up about $3...

Deals during the first quarter averaged $180 per square foot—the highest figure since the fourth quarter of 2008. The average was $6 per square foot more than during the fourth quarter of 2010. The average cap rate during the quarter was 7.55...

Average U.S. retail cap rates were down again in the first quarter to 7.97 percent. Further, CBRE revised the fourth quarter 2010 figure up from 7.90 percent to 8.12 percent due to new data. The data is from the CBRE Valuation & Advisory Services ...