MIAMI—When it comes to Miami retail, its seems the more the merrier. There's pent up demand for discount stories, high-street retail, indoor malls, and more.

It almost seems that if developers build it, shoppers will come. We'll soon find out if that's true as developers of Brickell City Centre, Miami World Center and the American Dream mega mall forge ahead with plans for massive amounts of retail in addition to the many smaller projects coming out of the dirt.

We caught up with Andrew Hellinger, the developer behind River Landing Shops and Residences on the Miami River west of Downtown Miami, to get his thoughts on the most significant trends he is seeing in the retail brick-and-mortar market. He told us, first off, that retail interest in the urban core is clearly strong. You can still read our last interview with him: What's Driving Miami Retail?