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Phil Voorhees, executive vice president of CBRE’s National Retail Partners – West, believes investment opportunities exist in all cycles, and this one is no different.Retail Insight sat down with Voorhees recently to talk about those opportunities, and what investors should have on their radars as we close out 2018. RI: Tell us about the current state of the capital market? Voorhees: In our view, this is a great, healthy time for retail capital markets in the West. Investors and lenders clearly differentiate on pricing based on quality and risk. Class …

The mixed-use environment is here to stay. Naysayers need only look as far as this year’s ICSC Western Dealmaking Conference, held Oct. 8 to 10 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, to know that this is true. 

Retail Insight sat down with Ashlyn Booth, senior vice president and director of retail properties at JLL, to discuss the leasing efforts at Manhattan Village, which is owned by RREEF Property Trust. The 44-acre, 573,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor mixed-use retail experience in Manhattan Beach, California, is currently undergoing a $180 million redevelopment. It will receive a variety of new tenants in the upcoming year, including Mexican food concept Mercado Manhattan Beach, Holly and Hudson Nail Lounge, Urban Plates, Joey Manhattan Beach and M·A·C (Make-Up Art Cosmetics). Retail Insight: Why was this the right time for Manhattan Village to undergo a renovation and …

The malls of yesteryear are not dead, but many are in need of a revival if they want to thrive tomorrow and beyond, believes Leslie Lundin, co-founder and managing partner at LBG Real Estate Cos. Lundin, who held the “Transforming Challenges into Opportunities” workshop on Monday at ICSC’s Western Dealmaking Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center, asserts that many mall properties are situated in prime traffic corridors — meaning the traffic is there but it’s up to the owner to take advantage of these numbers. She points to the …

With the increased investor demand for service-based, internet-resistant retail, the single-tenant net-leased learning and daycare industry has emerged as a viable and sustainable alternative to common net-leased retail properties for private investors. Since January 2017, Hanley Investment Group has completed the sale of over $20 million in single-tenant learning and daycare leased properties across the country. Shopping Center Business sat down with Southern California-based Hanley Investment Group Vice President Jeff Lefko to discuss his take on this growing sector. SCB: Why are so many new daycare and learning centers opening across the …

Ease, convenience and experience are the goals of most shopping centers nowadays — with ease and convenience being a large part of a consumer’s overall experience. While these factors motivate some shoppers to make their purchases on a screen, these same goals are causing retail landlords to embrace healthcare tenants.  “The retail environment is attractive to healthcare tenants because many of these tenants are interested in being located within the community,” says Dana Nialis, senior associate with CBRE’s healthcare services. “Doctors and medical groups are looking to expand beyond the …

It may be the end of an era, as Seaport Village’s 40-year lease has come to an end. The 70-acre waterfront site will soon be reinvented to include an observation tower, aquarium with butterfly exhibit, public space, hotel rooms, retail, office space, educational center and parking. While this newest iteration is still a few years in the making, the current asset holds opportunity for current and future retailers seeking interim space and the possibility of evolving alongside this reimagined waterfront. Penny Maus, department manager of business development real estate for the …

There is much talk that new, ground-up retail development is all but finished throughout most of the country. Two monster projects in the Los Angeles area prove this is far from the case. Palisades Village The coastal community of Pacific Palisades will usher in a new era of shopping, dining and entertainment when Caruso’s Palisades Village opens this Saturday, Sept. 22. The center has been dubbed “the new community gathering spot,” and those behind it intend for Palisades Village to be just that. “Palisades Village represents the evolution of what …