Surviving the Retail Shift: Coping with Retail Closures and the Evolution of the Shopping Center, Balancing Creative Uses with Co-Tenancy Provisions

Surviving the Retail Shift: Part 3 of a 5 Part Series - Coping with Retail Closures and the Evolution of the Shopping Center, Balancing Creative Uses with Co-Tenancy Provisions

Shopping centers are not dying. The retail landscape is changing, however, and so too are shopping centers. Retail stores have been closing at a breakneck pace, and Wall Street seems to think the worst is yet to come. Investors are more negative about the retail industry than at any time since September 2008, according to statistics from Bespoke Investment Group on the average percentage of shares of retailers being shorted.