LOS ANGELES—Jobs are the major driver of retail activity, according to Steve Jaffe, EVP of BH Properties. In this exclusive video, Jaffe gives a unwraps the retail market and gives a forecast for the upcoming year, telling L.A. reporter Kelsi Maree Borland:

-       Which retail types are beating ecommerce

-       How the GoodWill augmented its business with an online counterpart

-       The retail property types most attractive to BH Properties

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.