Advantis analysts Sasha Pardy, Michael and Jeffrey Pocklington and Martin Forster, who jointly prepared the study, see total investment volume slowing for the rest of the year; price per sf increasing slightly; and the number of neighborhood shopping center sales decreasing.

However, even if investment volume dips, the numbers will probably continue to top the 2004 performance, other retail brokers tell GlobeSt.com. Advantis figures show 90 transactions totaling 6.78 million sf and valued at 928.6 million closed in 2005--nearly doubling the 2004 level.

The GVA Advantis investment volume curve shows $277 million in deals done in 2001; $257 million in 2002; $310 million in 2003; and $509 million in 2004. By sf traded, the chart shows three million in 2001; 3.2 million in 2002; 2.9 million in 2003; and 4.9 million in 2004. On closed deals, there were 54 in 2001; 71 in 2002; 75 in 2003; and 76 in 2004.