REAL ESTATE

How specialty chains are reshaping American shopping
JLL executive VP of retail advisory services Ken Shishido looks at how ethnic grocery chains — once confined to specific neighborhoods serving their respective cultural communities — are aggressively moving into mainstream markets nationwide.
Retail real estate’s entry into a smarter, more data-driven era
SRS Real Estate Partners president Garrett Colburn explains how data and AI tools sit at the core of how SRS collaborates with retailers and clients, providing insights such as rent comparables, sales volumes, and other key inputs that inform decision-making.

Rethinking open-air retail

Poag Shopping Centers CEO Josh Poag advises that hands-on management of smaller open-air centers is crucial, noting that they are places people visit weekly and that their expectations around cleanliness, safety, access, convenience and experience are high.
How Mall of America is shaping the next era of physical commerce

Mall of America’s chief business development and marketing officer Jill Renslow declares that the most successful retail environments are not defined by transactions alone, but by their ability to create reasons to visit.
Why human intelligence is the key that unlocks AI’s potential

Centennial senior VP of business transformation & intelligence Elizabeth Boldin Thomas explains how the real power of artificial intelligence is unlocked only when the people wielding it are trained, guided and empowered to use it to its fullest potential.
The opportunity for mall revitalization

Second Horizon co-founders Howard Levine and Camilo Varela are on a nationwide search for quality malls that have been under-invested in and are remaking them to more closely serve the needs and wants of their communities.
The 39 days in the shadow of the World Cup

American Dream CMO Adam Petrick details how, for 39 straight days, the mega-mall in the New Jersey Meadowlands will be taking advantage of its location next to the stadium where the World Cup Final will take place in July.
Getting creative about creating space

Levin Management Corporation CEO Matthew K. Harding explains how real estate owners and operators are engaged in a chess game — repositioning assets by moving pieces around, reconfiguring space, relocating tenants, and rethinking anchor opportunities.
The new playing field for expansion

DLC Management CEO Adam Ifshin writes that tenants competing for high-quality spaces today are not only more willing to pay higher rents, but are also stepping up to finance their buildouts.
Chicken Salad Chick in ‘landmark’ deal to expand in New York

Chicken Salad Chick has signed the largest franchise development agreement in its history.