"A new fulfillment center in Staten Island will help us meet the home furnishing needs of our customers in the New York metropolitan area," says Ikea's Lars Petersson.

Q4's slight vacancy rise stems from "an increase of supply and a slight loosening in the tightness of the market as we have closed in on the previous cyclical low," says Spencer Levy at CBRE.

In 2018, says FGRT's Deborah Weinswig, expect shoppers to continue turning to new retailers, marketplaces and channels, "while retailers look for further collaborations to future-proof their offerings."

KKR's second value-add and opportunistic vehicle is "focused on all the housing themes," global head of real estate Ralph Rosenberg told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

However, in the nation's most populated counties the opposite is true, says Daren Blomquist with ATTOM Data Solutions.

The newly announced partnership with Goldman Sachs is "one of the key components in building a more diversified, large-scale base of individual investors that can access the asset class in a more efficient and risk-adjusted manner," Cadre's Ryan Williams tells GlobeSt.com.

The retailer has secured $100 million in new financing via a term loan secured by ground leases.

“Over the longer term, REITs have been a remarkably consistent investment, delivering solid long-term performance and consistent income,” says Nareit's Steven A. Wechsler.