VIGGO Cleaning Robots Log Over 20,000 Operating Hours at Beijing's CapitaMall Taiyanggong
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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BEIJING, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Two VIGGO SC50 autonomous cleaning robots have logged more than 20,000 operating hours at CapitaMall Taiyanggong, supporting daily floor care at a shopping mall that welcomes ove…
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