In case you weren’t following along, we were tweeting out encounters at MAPIC in Cannes, France, this week. While some of the information we picked up did not make it into full stories, there were still plenty of moments worth 160 characters. Here are some of our favorites.
Chris Conlon of @AcadiaRealty said they steered away from #Soho for 3 years b/c they thought it was overheated, but now they looking. #MAPIC
SEE ALSO: Newmark Expands Capital Markets Business With Hire of Clint Frease From Eastdil-Secured — Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 17, 2016
.@benetton's pop-up marketing cubes outside #MAPIC pic.twitter.com/9Gd5PwRZh8
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 17, 2016
.@WarbyParker brick-and-mortar sales have now surpassed its online sales: Thomas Citron of @NGKF_NYC @ #bricksvsclicks #MAPIC
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 17, 2016
USA breakfast at #MAPIC pic.twitter.com/XbwBSvSpeK
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 17, 2016
Vornado has ~9M SF in + around #PennStation. It's last nabe in Manhattan not to have had a transformation in last 20 years: Ed Hogan #MAPIC
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 17, 2016
Joshua Strauss of @RKFretail: For 1st time in long time we have big projects, which are "competing with each other." #RetailTourism #MAPIC
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2016
Re. @UniqloUSA on Fifth Avenue, "I don't think it's made a nickle," says David Zoba of @JLL @ #MAPIC #ClickstoBricks
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2016
Matthew Greenwall of @Storefront at #MAPIC #ClickstoBricks: medium-sized businesses now looking for longer pop-up locations.
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2016
Spotted: a NYC team from @JLL walking along Boulevard de la Croisette in #Cannes. #MAPIC 2016
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 15, 2016