What to Watch in 2025: Brighter prospects for retail property sales
Confluence of positive factors should push retail property sales higher
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 disrup...
What to watch in 2025: For the first time, service-based retailers could account for more than half of all leasing activity
Food and beverage, healthcare, fitness and experiential retailers tenants drive demand for store space
In what would be a historic first for the retail property sector, service-based tenants are likely to lease more store space in 2025 than those selling goods as consumers continue ...
Retail pros optimistic on outlook for 2025
Market experts weigh in on expectations for the year ahead
The U.S. retail sector enjoyed another positive year in 2024 by nearly all performance measures. Demand for store space remained positive despite a sharp uptick in retailer bankrup...
Only one US city outside Sun Belt placed among best overall retail markets in 2024
Demographics are often destiny when it comes to local retail performance
While outcomes have been varied, numerous U.S. retail markets managed to significantly outperform national benchmarks over the past year. And almost all the best performers are in ...
US store growth projections turn negative as retailers announce more closings than openings
Sharp increase in plans to vacate space should help clear backlog of underperformers
After three years of retailers announcing plans to open more stores than they closed, retailers reversed course this year and have now said they plan to close nearly 2,000 more sto...
Where's the best option to find first-generation retail space? Head to Texas.
Lone Star state's markets lead way for most newly built, available retail space with supplies constrained
It wasn't that long ago that an oversupply of retail space was investors' primary concern. While that may remain true in select pockets, the limited amount of recent development an...
Retailers’ wish lists include more available store space, less pricey rents
Limited expansion options, rising costs crimp retailers’ growth plans
The U.S. retail property market remained resilient in the third quarter, with demand for additional space increasing for the 15th consecutive quarter. However, the pace of those le...
Consumers remain resilient as retail sales edge higher in October
Retailers maximize space efficiency as retail sales per square foot, excluding e-commerce, automobiles and gasoline, hit record high
U.S. consumers remained resilient in October and increased spending at retail and food service establishments by 0.4% in October per data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. And in...
Demand for US retail space remains positive despite increase in store closings
Retailers face increasingly challenging environment as consumer behavior changes
The U.S. retail property market remained resilient in the third quarter, marked by sustained, though slowing, demand growth. Retail tenants filled 5.2 million square feet of store ...
Retail CMBS loans behind on payments recede further
Low vacancy helps the sector’s progress
The amount of retail commercial mortgage-backed securities behind on payments receded again in July to the lowest point since delinquencies spiked in response to pandemic-era shutd...
US retail market grows even tighter than it looks
Fewer desirable options with available space concentrated in older properties in less popular areas
Conditions in U.S. retail property markets are historically tight, with just 4.5% of the total amount of retail space available for lease at the end of August.
Recent retail lease terms reflect tight market conditions
Landlords in position to obtain more favorable terms as these tenants compete for space
Retail tenants looking for space in today’s market are finding conditions more competitive than at any time in recent memory. The amount of retail space available to lease is near ...
Quick-service restaurants keep up rapid expansion across the US
Starbucks opened the most new locations in 2023, while Subway lost more ground
Whether it’s coffee, chicken sandwiches, or a rice and protein bowl, Americans are spending a record amount on food and drinks outside their homes.
Demand for retail space keeps rising despite limited availability
Sector shrugs off concerns in second quarter as retailers remain in expansion mode
While concerns over an increase in store closing announcements dominated headlines, retail tenants remained firmly in expansion mode during the second quarter.
Expanding Retail Tenants Remain Active in Hunt for New Locations
Second-Quarter Leasing Activity Jumps to Highest Level in Over Two Years
Retailers shook off numerous economic headwinds and signed leases for slightly more than 52 million square feet during the second quarter, an increase of more than 10% compared to ...
Retail Space Per Capita Keeps Falling
More Than 60% of Major Markets See Decline Over Past Decade
The U.S. retail market is navigating a complex landscape influenced by factors affecting both demand for retail space and new construction.
Shopping Center Owners Take Advantage of Rare Leasing Opportunity
Retail Landlords Capture Significant Rent Hikes When Leases Roll Over, Especially in US South and West
After nearly 15 years of navigating choppy waters, retail property landlords are finally having their time in the sun, with rent spreads rising to multi-decade highs on the back of...
Going, Going, Gone: Shopping Center Space Gets Snapped Up at Record Pace
Retail Landscape Shifts From Landlords Seeking Tenants to Tenants Competing for Space
After more than a decade of minimal shopping center development and still riding the tailwinds of the post-pandemic rise in sales, retail tenants are finding themselves in the unfa...
Demand for Restaurant Space in California Off to Slowest Start Since 2020
Restaurant Move-Outs Rise 20% in the First Five Months of 2024
After three consecutive years of record spending at bars and restaurants, fast food and casual dining and beverage establishments are facing tough decisions as operating costs rise...
Retail Rents Rising Briskly Across North Carolina’s Major Markets
Three of the Top Four US Markets for Retail Rent Gains Are Located in the Tar-Heel State
Buoyed by the combination of rising consumer spending and limited available space, asking rents for retail space across the U.S. increased by an average of 3.2% over the past year ...