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Amidst massive changes and challenges in the retail sector, the convention’s talking points will include everything from new delivery models to ‘pop-sharing’ and health and wellness trends.

ICSC’s RECon conference—the “Super Bowl” of retail real estate—is just days away. Thousands of real estate

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The We Company has created a $2.9 billion real estate investment platform in partnership with a Canadian pension fund, even as it continues to lose money, according to The New York Times and

Related Cos. started work on a 240-acre mixed-use site in Silicon Valley.

(Bloomberg)—The developer of New York’s Hudson Yards is ready to build another massive office, housing and retail complex -- this time about 3,000 miles

The retailer would like to build a 1.2-million-sq.-ft. skyscraper above its Herald Square store.

(Bloomberg)—Macy’s Inc.’s top executive confirmed the company is looking to build a skyscraper on top of its flagship store in Manhattan’s Herald Square to

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As more and more developers get accustomed to the process, use of modular construction is expected to increase.

Commercial real estate experts forecast increasing demand for modular construction in the healthcare, industrial, education and multifamily sectors.

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The New York Times looks at TSX Broadway, the new project in Times Square that will include a theater, a hotel and a shopping center. Most condo sales at Trump Tower have led to a loss,

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After 10 years of inaction, legislators and agency leaders consider reform of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

Ten years after the federal government seized control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both Congress and President Donald Trump

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It’s likely that as Trump’s businesses failed, their losses flowed to Trump’s own returns and were used to offset income made elsewhere.

(Bloomberg)—Real-estate developer

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U.S. retail sales fell by 0.2 percent in April after a strong month in March.

(Bloomberg)—U.S. retail sales unexpectedly declined in April for the second time in three months, weighed down by soft sales of

San Francisco’s limit on office space is creating a challenge for expanding tech companies, reports the Wall Street Journal. Forbes looks at the best-performing Opportunity Zones. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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