Coronavirus: 10 economic questions posed by the pandemic

Answers involve consumer psychology, business risk-taking, political will. Southern California’s economy is on the mend — but how full and quick will a further rebound be? The pandemic recession was a harsh stop designed to treat a health emergency. But tricky questions remain involving hard-to-quantify factors such as consumer …

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Retail Q&A with Sandy Sigal: Expect More Permanent Closures

Reopening Los Angeles County has gone from “swift and safe” to “stringent and slow.” A little over three months ago, county officials reopened retail businesses for in-store shopping at 50 percent capacity as they moved toward “sweeping new standards for swift and safe reopening.” But those businesses had …

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Retail Eviction Proceedings Pick Up as Economy Restarts

Proceedings for the eviction of retail tenants are picking up across the country as courts reopen and states’ moratoriums on evictions are expiring or getting curtailed as the economy reopens. In Miami, a luxury-shopping-center landlord began legal proceedings to evict Saks Fifth Avenue two weeks ago for nonpayment …

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Recognizable restaurant space is no more

New multi-tenant building going in where Sizzler, Hooters once stood. IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED—A 35-year-old building (shown below last year) in front of Janss Marketplace, home to multiple restaurant ventures over the years—most notably Hooters and Sizzler—was demolished last week to make way for a new …

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