ORLANDO-Take it from Florida's Central/West Coast most productive retail investment-sales broker: Investors are girding for a final quarter buying spree. He says cap rates are down and power centers are back in demand.”It appears lately as if the flow of product has increased, albeit marginally, on a regional basis, for neighborhood, community and power centers,” Jim Michalak, senior director in Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc.'s Tampa office, tells GlobeSt.com.

“Historically, I guesstimate that approximately 60% to 65% of retail sales occur in the final four months of any given year.” He says, “I think that will again hold true this year.”

Michalak predicts “mall product transactions in general are purportedly going to pick up dramatically in terms of number of transactions.” He says he has “noticed a definite upturn in offerings over the past few months.”