Pappas Properties Breaks Ground on Publix-Anchored Retail Center in Metro Charlotte
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. Charlotte multifamily and industrial fundamentals remain durable, with continued institutional capital interest in stabilized portfolios. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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MATTHEWS, N.C. — Pappas Properties has broken ground on a Publix-anchored retail center at Cadia Village Matthews, an 84-acre mixed-use campus in metro Charlotte. The approximately 50,000-square-foot grocery store wil…
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