Retail

Retail real estate news and analysis examining the trends, strategies, and investments shaping shopping centers, high-street storefronts, mixed-use developments, and experiential retail. With insights on consumer behavior, leasing activity, and market shifts, Commercial Observer is the go-to resource for CRE professionals navigating the future of retail spaces.

Justin Stein.
Shopping Centers · Leases
National

Tanger’s Justin Stein On Leveraging Data and Gnoshes to Grow a Retail Portfolio

By Greg Cornfield
The Container Store at Legacy Place in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Shopping Centers · Investments & Sales
Florida

Lone Star Funds Sells Open-Air Mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

By Julia Echikson
Brixmor Property Group CEO Brian Finnegan.
Shopping Centers · Finance
National

Brixmor Property CEO Brian Finnegan On Turning Around the Retail Giant

By Brian Pascus
ICSC Las Vegas in 2025.
Retail · Leases
National

ICSC 2026: Inflation, Trampoline Parks and the Fate of Luxury

By Max Gross and Greg Cornfield
Anokute Ebere, CBRE’s head of retail research for the Americas and people shopping.
Retail · Leases
National

Top CBRE Researcher Ebere Anokute: E-Commerce’s Impact Is ‘Overblown’

By Greg Cornfield
Kevin Murphy, CEO of Publix and a south Florida Publix.
Shopping Centers · Investments & Sales
Florida

Publix Buys Another South Florida Retail Center

By Julia Echikson
Retail · Technology
New York City

StripMallGuy on Proptech’s Biggest Adoption Obstacles & Becoming an AI Believer

By Edward Cohen
People walk with shopping bags.
Retail · Leases
National

CBRE’s Scott Schnuckel On Why Retail Is Back in Favor

By Greg Cornfield
Lea Clay Park.
Retail · Leases
California

Axiom Retail’s Lea Clay Park On Flattening Rents, Filling Shuttered Drugstores

By Greg Cornfield
Madison Capital's Ryan Buoye (top), RTL's Lee Block (center) and Jeff Winick, and 850 Third Avenue, Brooklyn.
Retail · Leases
New York City

Retailer Marshalls Opens 31K-SF Store at Liberty Bklyn

By Emily Davis
Cushman & Wakefield's Alan Schmerzler and 234 West 42nd Street.
Retail · Leases
New York City

U.K. Collectibles Brand House of Spells to Open in 20K SF at 234 West 42nd Street

By Lois Weiss
Kids play in a foam pit in the Foam Zone area of Sky Zone in Anaheim.
Retail · Leases
National

Here Come the Trampoline Parks: JLL Report at ICSC

By Max Gross
Ed Hogan.
Street Retail · Leases
New York City

Ed Hogan Has Quietly Shaped Much of How New Yorkers Shop

By Mark Hallum
236 Bowery.
Retail · Investments & Sales
New York City

Building Equity Management Buys Historic Nolita Retail Building for $45M

By Emily Davis
The outline of a "bank" sign on the facade of a building.
Retail · Leases
New York City

Developers Are Tackling a Wave of Conversions of Mundane Buildings

By David M. Levitt
Edward Cohen (from left), Ethan Chernofsky, James Cook, Karly Iacono and Chris Ressa take part in a data and AI panel at ICSC Las Vegas.
Retail · Technology
National

ICSC Panel: Keep Your Eyes Wide Open With AI

By Max Gross