RECon Focus: Retail Real Estate Climate Upbeat

Retail real estate may not have had the bounce back from the recession enjoyed by multifamily, but ICSC’s RECon, the largest show of the year dealing with this commercial real estate sector, is proving that it’s starting to improve. Retailers are once again expanding...

Don’t Believe the Hype: Malls Aren’t Dead

We’ve been told for quite a while now that malls are dead, or at least about to vanish. This declaration became popular in the mass media a little over a decade ago when it figured out that people were buying goods online. And editors love to make big pronouncements...