Matthews Brokers Sale of Magnolia Marketplace Shopping Center in New Orleans
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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- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $16.3B across 116 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
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NEW ORLEANS — Matthews has brokered the sale of Magnolia Marketplace, a 115,281-square-foot shopping center located at 2900 S. Claiborne Ave. in New Orleans. Pierce Mayson, Kyle Stonis and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews r…
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