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Overall retail vacancy is likely to remain flat, but sizeable store closures will likely continue.

Despite headline-making store closings by Sears, Bon-Ton, Kmart,and others over the past few months, U.S. shopping center and mall owners have been working

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The market ranked as the best performing in the U.S. and second best performing in the world for industrial rent growth in 2018.

The greater Bay Area was the

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Ivanhoe Cambridge sold it 50 percent stake in warehouse developer IDI Logistics to Oxford Properties Group.

(Bloomberg)—Two of Canada’s biggest pension funds will jointly own Atlanta-based warehouse developer IDI Logistics after Ivanhoe

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The Federal Reserve is keeping interest rates steady and said it adopt a “patient” attitude on any future increases.

(Bloomberg)—The Federal Reserve said it will be “patient” on

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The Wall Street Journal looks at how the Fed holding off on rate increases might have negative consequences. Amazon is trying to improve its image in New York City as it prepared to
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If federal workers are furloughed once again and cannot pay their rent, compassion is what is called for.

For those keeping score,

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A San Francisco-based company raised $115 million to build Airstream trailer hotels nationwide.

(Bloomberg)—Polished to a mirror sheen and reeking of nostalgia, the Airstream camper has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years as

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A Singapore-based creator of indoor virtual reality parks is looking at empty big-box stores to get into the U.S. market.

A virtual reality theme park

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Chinese investors continued to dispose of U.S. assets in the fourth quarter, reports the Wall Street Journal. The New York Times looks at whether the tech industry can help solve the affordable housing
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