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America’s major universities and colleges increasingly look to private real estate developers to provide student housing, and that’s good news for retailers looking to expand, says an investment expert involved in the trend.

Tavistock Development and Steiner + Associates have lifted the curtain on their star entertainment tenant at Lake Nona Town Center in Florida and it’s Cinépolis.

Vestar, a privately held real estate company with a sizeable shopping center portfolio in the West, has just made it larger.

A coffee giant’s new platform could help Bitcoin break through as a mainstream currency.

Dave Brown, a 25-year industry veteran who has worked for GGP, The Rouse Co., and Urban Retail Properties, has joined CBRE to lead its retail specialty leasing and alternative revenue practice.

Rock climbing centers, sure. Hospital clinics, assuredly. Food courts, of course. But a casino?

Since Amazon first introduced its “just walk out” payment technology earlier this year, several other retailers have announced plans for similar platforms.

In a 100% stock-for-stock transaction, Phillips Edison & Company has merged with its internally managed real estate investment trust, Phillips Edison Grocery REIT II.