$6.4M San Antonio shopping center nears finish as tenants sign on
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. San Antonio industrial demand along the I-35 corridor has been driven by spillover from the larger Texas Triangle gateways. Multifamily fundamentals are steady. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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- The twelfth San Antonio story tracked on the wire in October 2026. All San Antonio coverage →
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $15.5B across 95 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
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