[Stop by the Real Estate Media Group's booth at RECon, located in Las Vegas Convention Center's South Hall at S7547. Those not attending the show can follow coverage on GlobeSt.com, Ian Ritter's Counter Culture blog, or his Twitter page.]

LAS VEGAS-Sometimes smaller is better. That's what some attendees at the International Council of Shopping Centers' annual RECon show here are saying, anyway, in regards to an attendance that the organization expects to come in around 30,000 as opposed to upwards of 50,000 in 2007.

Attendance dropped off during the recession, and the mood was solemn throughout the leasing mall in 2009. Though attendance was just under 30,000 last year, attendees seemed more optimistic. Arturo Sneider, a partner at Primestor Development, told GlobeSt.com that he expects the improving moods to continue.