Posts in category shopping centers
Shopping Centers: Not What They Used to Be (But That’s Not a Bad Thing)
Tale of Survival and Adaptation Unfolding for Retail Tenants and Properties
Your neighborhood shopping center isn’t what it used to be. While some say the Great Recession and the e-commerce phenomenon impacted the bricks-and-mortar landscape in a negative way, in reality, we are seeing an interesting – and encouraging – tale of endurance and [...]
Fast Casual Eateries are Giving Retail Real Estate a Healthy Boost
Retail Trend: Scramble for Small Restaurant Space Creates a Landlord’s Market
Millennial diners want their quinoa bowls in a hurry and that’s good news for retail real estate companies. Fast casual restaurants – the popular source of healthy, affordable fare – are hungry for 1,500 to 3,000 square foot spaces in shopping venues nationwide. The [...]
Pop-Ups are Bringing Excitement to Brick and Mortar Retailing
No Longer Just a Retail Trend, but a Way to Build Traffic and Brands
They began popping up in the bleak days of the last recession when shopping was dormant and retail vacancy rates reached 13 percent. Their focus was typically seasonal and their leases were temporary but they helped many a retail property manager survive the downturn. But th [...]
After a Strong 2016, Our Retail Tenant’s Outlook is Optimistic
Annual LMC Outlook Survey Reveals Growth Trend, Continued Evolution
Retailers in our 95-property, 13 million-square-foot shopping center portfolio are feeling good about the future. In fact, three quarters (74.5 percent) of respondents in our annual Retail Sentiment Outlook Survey of store managers are optimistic about their anticipated 2017 [...]
Big Boxes Are Discovering That Small Can Be Beautiful
Retail Real Estate Trend: “Right-Sizing” to Reach New Markets
It’s a retail real estate trend that began nearly a decade ago when Walmart and Home Depot began exploring the concept of smaller stores in or near urban centers. There’s been some bumps in the road, but it now appears that big box retailers can succeed as “small box” retailers. E [...]
Levin Retail Tenants Report Positive Seasonal Outlook, Robust Hiring Plans
Our Annual Pre-Holiday Survey Confirms Digital Marketing Momentum
Results of Levin Management Corporation’s (LMC’s) annual Pre-Holiday Survey of our retail tenants are in and the news is more than good, with respondents reporting robust hiring plans and continued digital marketing momentum. The poll of tenants within our 95-property, 13 milli [...]
Fasten Your Seatbelts: Generation Z is Ready to Shop
Retail Trend Sees History’s Most Demanding Consumers on the Horizon There’s no rest for the retailer. Just when you thought you’d mastered Millennial marketing, along comes a new wave of consumers you’ve got to figure out. Dubbed Generation Z and 70 million strong, this rising demographic will represent 25 percent of the US population by 2020 [...]
Can Pokémon Go Keep Retail Sales Hot Through the Holidays?
Retail Trend Watchers Are Eyeing the Staying Power of Pikachu and Friends
This was the Summer of Pokémon. Within days of its debut last July, Pokémon GO, the augmented reality game was breaking records and setting new ones. In just five days, it became the most popular game in mobile history, with its free downloads eventually reaching 500 mi [...]