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Big Box Retail Users Eye Rebound

SEATTLE-Strong store sales during the first half of 2010 have emboldened these companies to lock in competitive lease rates in new locations, says Colliers International.

By Natalie Dolce | Updated on August 19, 2010

SEATTLE-While the past few years have witnessed a massive increase in the amount of vacant retail space on the national “big box” market, many other retailers with expansion plans see opportunity in these larger spaces made available by struggling or failed retail chains. So says the Big Box Dilemma, a new white paper from Seattle-based Colliers International.

According to Colliers, nearly one-third of the nation’s top 500 retailers have increased their growth plans for 2011 and beyond. “Strong store sales during the first half of 2010 have emboldened these companies to lock in competitive lease rates in new locations.”

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