For Open-Air Centers, Everything Has Changed

For enclosed malls, COVID-19 was a game-stopper. For open-air centers, COVID-19 was a game-maker. Their key players—grocery stores, D-I-Y big boxes, home goods providers—were graced with a title that none ever dared claim for themselves: “Essential.” Is it possible that, in two short years, the tenants that …

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Report Shows Signs of Strength in Retail Sector Moving into 2022

The retail industry is showing positive signs of growth after several years of challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a national report from Datex Property Solutions, which analyzed changes in retail assets from 2019 to 2021, many areas of the industry are continuing to get …

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‘Normal’ Restaurant Business Operations a Year Away

More than half of restaurant operators said it would be a year or more before business conditions return to normal, according to a newly-released National Restaurant Association’s 2022 State of the Restaurant Industry report. Food, labor, and occupancy costs are expected to remain elevated, and continue to impact …

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2021’s New Normal vs. 2019’s Old Normal in retail

Brick-and-mortar retail has long been an industry that is defined by survival of the differentiated. What can be commoditized, de-localized, or digitized likely will be. We’ve all watched category after category get Amazon’d and relegated to the dustbin of history. (Blockbuster Video, anyone?) Attempting to make sense of …

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Longmont retailers raise money for Marshall Fire victims

https://youtu.be/cKkFz6nbN48 LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — Multiple retail stores at Village at the Peaks shopping center are helping those who lost their homes in the Marshall Fire. Whole Foods, Fuzzy’s Tacos and Supercuts are three of 17 tenants that have put together product packages to be bid on in a silent auction. …

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