Yardstick Dog Hotel opens third Dallas location at Preston Valley Shopping Center

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. Dallas-Fort Worth continues to absorb the largest multifamily delivery pipeline in the country. Industrial along the I-35 corridor is clearing at competitive basis, and selective office is finding bids at deep discounts to replacement. 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

• The 64th Dallas story tracked on the wire in October 2026. All Dallas coverage →
• Disclosed retail deal value tracked in October 2026: $15.6B across 97 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →

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