Stan Johnson Co. is partnering with us through the month of May during our coverage of the ICSC RECon show. Two of its executives, Harold Briggs and Daniel Herrold, both executive managing directors at the firm, which specializes in net-lease deals, recently spoke with GlobeSt.com. The two touch on their thoughts about the coming RECon show, exciting retailers in the current market and how the sector is performing in general. Be sure to check them out at booth S241S at the convention.

GlobeSt.com: What do you think is going to be different about RECon this year?

Herrold: There is renewed optimism across the board. I haven’t seen what the attendance looks like yet, but I would venture to guess that attendance will be, at a bare minimum equal to last year if not greater. From our firm’s standpoint, we probably have a 20% increase in the number of participants going to the conference. I would guess there is going to be renewed optimism there.