February 6, 2015
From OmniChannel Marketing to Augmented Reality, Predictions Abound We have spent the month of January mulling over the predictions churned out in blogs, newsletters and the trade press regarding what the retail industry, and those of us in retail real estate, can expect to see over the next 12 months. For some of these, no […]
READ STORYJanuary 23, 2015
Retail Trend Watchers Predict Upcoming Surge in Consumer Spending Across the U.S., drivers are doing the happy dance at the gas pump. And they’ve got cause for celebration. Between September 25, 2014 and January 5, 2015, the average price of gas fell every single day, dropping nearly a full dollar from July levels and delivering […]
READ STORYJanuary 5, 2015
Retail Real Estate Trend Predicted Earlier This Year Is Materializing Fast Blink Fitness recently celebrated the grand opening of its newest New Jersey location at our Levin-managed Clifton Plaza in Clifton. The affordable fitness chain occupies 15,000 square feet of newly constructed retail space at the 80,000-square-foot shopping center. Fitness Centers Boost Health of Members […]
READ STORYDecember 11, 2014
New ICSC Study Reports Robust Retail Real Estate Trend According to a decade’s worth of media stories, the American shopping center is on life support, crushed by the rise of online retailing and fading fast from the national landscape. But with a new report from the ICSC, owners and managers of commercial retail real estate […]
READ STORYNovember 21, 2014
High-End Cuisine and Artisanal Coffee Draw Customers, Boost Sales The grand department stores of yesteryear – Marshall Field’s, Hudson’s, Wanamaker’s and others – always featured a “tea room” where elegant ladies could enjoy refreshments during shopping sprees. Over the decades, in-store food service has changed, along with shopping styles, but it’s never gone away. Today, […]
READ STORYNovember 10, 2014
But Analysts Present a Mixed Picture of How Robust the Increase Will Be After a tepid back-to-school season and with Black Friday just weeks away, all eyes in retail, including retail real estate, are fixed on analysts’ predictions for 2014 holiday spending. The majority of the announcements are cause for good cheer, with major forecasts […]
READ STORYOctober 29, 2014
Momentum Confirms Retail Real Estate Trend in Northeast We’ve been seeing the health of retail real estate in the Northeast improve steadily over the past year – and reporting on it regularly here on our blog. Leasing activity at Levin-managed properties now confirms that a positive retail real estate trend is, in fact, in progress. […]
READ STORYOctober 21, 2014
Short-Term Leases Have Gone Beyond a Retail Real Estate Trend It’s an established cycle. Halloween stores brimming with costumes, decorations and accessories spring up like pumpkin patches around Labor Day and then, as the winter holiday shopping season rolls in, they vanish from the mall or shopping center (to be replaced perhaps by a temporary […]
READ STORYOctober 10, 2014
National Discount Retailer to Open at Mayfair Shopping Center in Commack Stein Mart, the Jacksonville-headquartered discount apparel and home fashion retailer, is set to open its first store on Long Island in the Levin-managed Mayfair Shopping Center in Commack. The store will occupy 30,800 square feet of space in the 221,000-square-foot shopping center. Expansion Reflects […]
READ STORYSeptember 26, 2014
Improvements are Key to Attracting Tenants, Shoppers and Investors Current market conditions present a strong incentive to evaluate the repositioning of a retail property. Most important, financing rates are – at least for now – at historic lows. The number of tenants looking for space is increasing and construction pricing remains competitive. Whether it’s a […]
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