LAS VEGAS—GlobeSt.com was in attendance at the ICSC Here, We Go–2021 national conference where JLL hosted a happy hour and also released its retail recovery 2021 report. Not surprisingly, the report found that March 2020 brought the greatest upheaval to the retail industry with many non-essential retailers losing significant revenue. More than a year-and-a-half later, with vaccines and a greater understanding of COVID transmission, the firm takes a look at how retail fundamentals have been steadily improving. Here is what it found.
Retailers Eye the Sunbelt and the Suburbs
The pandemic brought forth a migration to less-crowded markets with lower costs of living, a shift from urban metros into suburban neighborhoods, which can be seen through rent and vacancy performance, the report says.
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