Making the link between altered top price points and rent at stable assets has become crucial to property managers.

Net absorption fell in each of the top 10 markets in the second quarter, with eight markets posting negative numbers.

Irrespective of scenario, we expect tough sledding ahead for the economy … as job gains continue to slow, business failures persist, and wage growth and spending remain challenged.

"We're more likely to see a good recovery in the second half of this year or probably the first half of next year as the pandemic comes more under control."

"We're in a severe economic recession. The question everyone wants answered is how long does that last; and we don't know."

The biggest gain in rent collections was with free standing retail, which reported a 12.1 percentage points jump from June to July.

May's gain in starts was fueled by a handful of very large projects, but June's gain appears to be much more organic in nature.

"For investors looking for exposure, we continue to favor stable, grocer anchored portfolios with positively trending rent collection statistics rather than trying to push further out the risk curve."