COLD SHOULDER RETAILERS ARE FAVORING URBAN CORES FOR EXPANSION AND SHUNNING SECONDARY MARKETS As U.S. retailers retrench, they are digging into familiar turf. For that small number of national tenants still able to expand during this downturn, almost all of the leasing action is taking place in the major market areas, site-selection experts say. “The […]

Ho-Ho-Horrible: The Moment of Truth Comes for Retailers It will take a Christmas miracle to save retail this year. Store traffic has slowed to a crawl, as consumers shut their wallets, caught in the grip of tightened credit, rising unemployment and falling home values. It is all but inevitable that retailers will see weaker holiday […]

East Bay shopping centers keep vacancies low Retailers’ sales may be suffering, but that doesn’t mean their landlords are sharing the pain. Vacancy rates for retail locations in the East Bay remain low despite the slump in consumer spending that has pushed many retailers to declare bankruptcy, close stores or stall expansion. In fact, some […]

5 Ways to Save on Furniture FURNITURE RETAILERS ARE feeling their own version of “the Big Freeze” these days. The housing market is stalled, so people aren’t moving into new homes that they want to furnish, and consumer spending is in a similar standstill, especially when it comes to big-ticket items like a dining room […]

A Successful Marriage Is The Key To Successful Site Selection Jeff Green Any site selection consultant who tells a retailer that their expertise is 100 percent science is not being honest. Art still does, and always will, play a major roll. The trick to accurately forecasting sales is the consulting firm’s ability to marry the […]

Chasing Target and Wal-Mart. Why bother? CAN REAL ESTATE BE THE SILVER LINING FOR NEW SEARS/KMART ENTITY Jeff Green CEO, Jeff Green Partners The first month of the New Year celebrates Janus, the Roman god of gates and doors, of beginnings and endings. We are all familiar with Janus’s double-faced head, each looking in opposite […]