So far, August has been a slow month for news and commentary on the retail real estate space. There haven't been enough items to justify daily roundup posts. (I am still trying to keep the Twitter feed active if you are looking for more regular...
June same-store sales came in negative and more or less matched June's numbers. According to Retail Metrics, same-store sales fell 4.7 percent. Retail Forward's stats show a 4.6 percent decline. (Retail Forward's data includes 32 retailers and the...
Barry Gosin, CEO of Newmark Knight Frank, was on CNBC yesterday morning. In contrast to Jim Cramer's euphoria on Tuesday evening we have Barry Gosin's sobriety yesterday morning. Gosin talks a lot about the refinancing issues I alluded to...
It's very brief at the beginning of this clip, but yesterday Jim Cramer talked about REITs being "on fire" and disagrees with a story from two days ago in the Wall Street Journal that talked about the REIT rally facing some challenges. He skirts...
The torrent of retail real estate and commercial real estate stories and posts has suddenly died down a bit. There are still seemingly a few stories a day proclaiming that commercial real estate is the "next shoe to drop." I've grown weary of...
