6 Things From MAPIC 2017 (in Tweets)
The pithy things that CO picked up today at the international retail property conference in Cannes
By The Editors November 16, 2017 4:46 pm
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Empire State Realty Trust is gunning for the international tenants for the available space they have at the Empire State Building.
Joanne Podell of @CushWake says she is at #MAPIC2017 to launch the international marketing of the retail at @EmpireStateBldg for @esrt. It totals 52K sf on 2 levels, available in 2019.
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The mall is alive, well and sort of awesome looking in Tehran.
Mall problem? What mall problem? Check out the rendering of the #IranMall. #MAPIC2017 pic.twitter.com/kgltT7JTiB
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2017
Retail apparently has a significant Star Wars crossover.
Just an ordinary day at a real estate conference. @MAPICWorld #MAPIC2017 #MAPIC pic.twitter.com/dY6COzLsDn
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2017
The French really know how to make dessert.
Journalists face off against the mouse (dessert) at a post-#MAPIC017 dinner at #laffable in #Cannes hosted by @MAPICWorld. Thanks for a great show! pic.twitter.com/lWjvpG0NQl
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2017
Retail’s big problem isn’t e-commerce.
Jedd Nero of @AvisonYoung says he doesn't think there is an #amazoneffect on retail. There is a debt effect. #MAPIC2017
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2017
Yes, you can isolate the place where Fettuccine Alfredo was invented and talk to the proprietor at a real estate conference.
Mario Mozzetti, the owner of the restaurant that is the "birth place of fettucini alfredo," in Rome, Italy, called Alfredo alla Scrofa. #MAPIC2017 pic.twitter.com/BCE7BHdEJy
— Commercial Observer (@commobserver) November 16, 2017