MIAMI—The retail market is recovering nationwide, and its especially hot in Miami. Jason Shapiro, managing director at Aztec Group, has over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate investment banking, particularly in securing financing backed by retail assets.

Over the past year, Shapiro has seen an uptick in retail property financing activity over—and he expects that to continue into 2015 because of rising consumer demand. GlobeSt.com caught up with Shapiro to dive deeper into the 2015 retail forecast and to discuss some of the key factors impacting retail financing in part one of this exclusive interview series.

GlobeSt.com: What kind of appetite have you seen for retail property financing this year and what's your forecast for this segment of the lending landscape in 2015?

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