by Michael Gerard | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
That could be a bit of an exaggeration. Or maybe not? Amazon was already blowing up our radar screens this year when analyzing retail real estate. The e-commerce juggernaut is often blamed for the hundreds of store closings taking place across sector categories in all...
by Michael Gerard | Jun 7, 2017 | Blog
There is a lot of talk these days about “fake news.” The truth is, the media industry has been guilty of embellishment, sensationalism and over editorializing on certain subjects in forums when it’s supposed to be objective. Back in the late 1800s there was a term...
by Michael Gerard | May 1, 2017 | Blog
It’s difficult to understand the retail real estate climate right now. There is a lot of news about store closings right now. But at the same time, there are several chains opening locations, too. Fung Global Retail & Technology releases a regular retail report...
by Michael Gerard | Dec 2, 2016 | Blog
This is a difficult year to get a pulse on how the retail industry will perform going forward. On the one hand, overall, the segment has been performing well. On the other, there is concern and uncertainty, maybe more than in the recent past, about some major...
by Michael Gerard | Nov 9, 2016 | Blog
This is a repost of an article written by Richmond-based insurance attorney Janice Carpi and originally published by GRS Group in January 2012. Think of a parcel of land not as a piece of dirt, but as a bundle of sticks, with each stick representing a specific...
