REAL ESTATE

Starbucks Corp. is accelerating the pace of expansion in one of its most important — and fastest-growing — markets.

Meet retail real estate's rising stars. Many members of CSA’s 2018 class grew up in the business, while others discovered the field by accident and learned the ropes.

Retailers are faced with new strategic challenges with brick-and-mortar stores.

Grocery-anchored centers are the gifts that keep on giving to investors and in-line tenants alike. No one knows that better than Jeff Edison, whose Phillips Edison & Co. runs 300-plus neighborhood centers.

Despite a 28.8% drop in openings in 2017, investment in grocery-anchored shopping centers increased 5.3% as the category envisions innovation in 2018.

E-commerce isn’t a zero-sum game. Rather, each of online, in-store, and mobile commerce channels can enhance the others, according to Melina Cordero of CBRE.

PREIT has proclaimed the $30 million transformation of its Mall at Prince Georges nearly complete with the recent openings of Ulta Beauty and DSW.

Smaller, faster, local — the retail projects of today are starting to resemble the small towns of yesteryear. As centers and downtowns seek to fill vacant spaces, they’re turning to new uses, new concepts and entrepreneurs to reinvent their experiences.