NEW YORK CITY-In the competitive grocery sector of retail real estate, it's important to know your customer, says <b>Alex Arancio</b> of <b>ShopRite</b>.

NEW YORK CITY-<b>Josh Podell</b>, who advises retail tenants looking for space, such as Jones Apparel, says that stores are looking for space more aggressively.

CHICAGO-<b>Geoffrey Kasselman</b>, one of the people behind the scenes in <b>SIOR LIVE</b> talks about the importance of this year's Spring World Conference.

NEW YORK CITY-<b>Joseph French</b> senior director of <i>Marcus &amp; Millichap</b>'s National Retail Group, talks about how the sector is performing in this environment.

LAS VEGAS-<b>Mike Hillis</b> is the incoming president of <b>SIOR</b>. He talks to GlobeSt.com about the direction the organization is headed and what to expect from its Spring World Conference May 1-4, which we are promoting as part of a program called SIOR LIVE.

NEWARK-The 'gold standard' of 250-square-feet per office worker is gone after 50 years, and may dip down to 150, says <b>Avison Young</b>'s <b>Jeff Heller</b>.

NEWARK-<b>Cushman &amp; Wakefield</b>'s executive director, <b>H. Gary Gabriel</b> says investment capital is still chasing multifamily, but there is some concern over the sector's long-term prognosis.

NEWARK, NJ-<b>CBRE</b>'s senior managing director <b>Jeff Hipschman</b> says overall economic uncertainty is still holding back the market, but he sees a big boost from the Honeywell deal in Morris County, and nice progress in the industrial sector.