LAS VEGAS—Which types of retail properties are most in demand? Which assets have fallen out of favor? Those were a few of the key questions that touched on during a recent capital markets panel here at ICSC RECon. Industry veterans including moderator Patrick Nutt, managing partner of Calkain Cos., Larry Brown, president of Starwood Mortgage Capital, and Michael Phillips, managing principal of Lubert Adler, agreed that retail deals are getting done.
Nutt said that while valuations are peak”ish” the expansion in the retail capital markets sector has really been led by “responsible buying and borrowing.”
Panelist Brown explained that “retail is getting done, but big box can be scary. You have to pick and choose.” When talking about debt yields, he said that “we are doing single-digit now.”
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