Posts tagged NAI Market Analytics
For Retail Property Developers, Finding the Right Tenant Means More than Just Filling Space
Mar 23rd
Historically, developers (landlords) would react to vacancy in their shopping centers by leasing space without understanding how the surrounding market area may have changed, and which retailers to properly target for the development. Developers who are responsible for managing properties should be more proactive with their developments in order to assess how the market area has changed over time. Lifecycle of markets don’t change overnight but do change over time as the residential base grows older, More >
The Direction of Retail Growth is Decidedly Global
Aug 6th
During the 1990s and into the early 2000s retail store expansion across the United States was very aggressive. From Power Centers to Lifestyle Centers, there were sites for everyone. By 2003-2004, many of the larger, more established retailers realized the U.S. marketplace was becoming saturated for new store growth.
While consumer confidence and spending came to a crashing halt in 2007, so too did the rate of retail store expansion in the U.S. Middle Market America retreated from the retail marketplace, spending far few dollars. With the market slow to rebound, retailers that were once reluctant to expand outside of the U.S. are now exploring uncharted markets in search of revenue generating channels to bolster a stagnant/declining U.S. network of stores and customers.
Many retailers chose the natural expansion route south into Mexico, a lucrative market void of an established retail base, or into Canada, a mature much smaller market than Mexico but a market with a significantly higher share of wallet.
International retail expansion is here to stay. Retailers who dipped their toes into the Mexico/Canada markets are now aggressively jumping with both feet into Asia to tap into the rapidly growing markets of China and India, while others are taking the Middle East route (Dubai) as a stepping stone of expansion into Asia.
