Low Supply Leaves Retail Investors Hungry

ATLANTA—With the ISCS Southeast Conference in Atlanta right around the corner, now is a good time to take a pulse on the regional retail markets. The overarching story: there’s more demand than supply on the investment front and Florida isn’t the only hot market.

“In the retail sector, the amount of capital raised to invest in shopping centers drastically outweighs the amounts of available supply,” Mac McCall, regional managing partner of Franklin Street in Atlanta. “Both 1031 investors and institutional buyers continue to struggle for assets that meet their investment parameters.”