Traditionally, a slowdown in the housing market is a bad sign for retail since shopping center development trails residential construction. The current downturn, however, has provided an unexpected upside. After years of steep inflation on...

When the housing market began to seriously falter in 2006, analysts raised concerns that retail real estate would be next. It was no secret, after all, that millions of Americans had pulled equity from their homes for years to finance cars...

Call it the "Westfield Two-Step." ...

In the face of pedestrian retail sales and crashing stock prices, four of the eight regional mall REITs delivered solid second quarter results. The most successful firms--those with portfolios in high-barrier-to-entry markets with strong...

The early results are in and so far shopping center REITs are bucking pessimistic expectations and posting strong operating results for the second quarter despite the massive sell-off that has swept through REIT stocks in recent weeks...

When you walk into the Kroger store at Dublin Plaza in Dublin, Ohio, you don't find your typical staid, antiseptic supermarket. There's no harsh fluorescent lighting, sterile white tile or plain metal shelving. Instead, the recently...

Orlando remains a bright spot in Florida's retail market, with continued job growth and tourism dollars making up for a drop in housing prices, according to the national brokerage firm NAI Global...