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What to Watch in 2025: Brighter prospects for retail property sales

Confluence of positive factors should push retail property sales higher
The Thomas Lake Shopping Center in Mill Creek, Washington, is one of 93 grocery-anchored shopping centers owned by San Diego-based Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. In a November deal that signaled the return of institutional investors to the retail property sector, a Blackstone investment fund agreed to buy all outstanding common shares of ROIC for $17.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at about $4 billion.
The Thomas Lake Shopping Center in Mill Creek, Washington, is one of 93 grocery-anchored shopping centers owned by San Diego-based Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. In a November deal that signaled the return of institutional investors to the retail property sector, a Blackstone investment fund agreed to buy all outstanding common shares of ROIC for $17.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at about $4 billion.
CoStar Analytics
January 7, 2025 | 7:56 P.M.

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Not long ago, retail had become a pariah property sector as far as investors were concerned. Faced with pandemic-driven challenges, shifting consumer behavior and e-commerce disruption, the risks associated with retail property were considered high and retail centers traded at the highest relative premium compared to other major commercial property sectors.

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