Finish Strong: Building Better Retailer-Contractor Partnerships
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. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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On the RET wire
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $13.3B across 83 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
Computed from Real Estate Trail’s own tracked coverage
By Justin Elder, President, Elder-Jones, Inc., and President, Retail Contractors Association Whether a retailer is opening a new location, refreshing an operating store, converting an acquired property or rolling out…
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