Commentary

There are approximately 453 single-tenant bank-occupied properties on the market for sale in the US.

The retail industry will emerge in a post-COVID world with smaller stores, healthier balance sheets, and improved sales driven by pent-up customer demand.

Most major downtowns are Deadsville—few office workers, closed restaurants and entertainment venues, no tourists, and little street life.

We are making peace—even if it is an uneasy peace—with the so-called new normal of a post-COVID environment.

There are several important topics for both tenants and landlords to consider from a bankruptcy perspective while negotiating lease amendments.

The act is a temporary solution meant to provide some level of certainty to renters, modest protections for small landlords and time for the state to determine what additional relief may be needed.

Despite all the pre-pandemic talk of a "retail apocalypse," many of these once-healthy chains have never been in a distressed situation.

Anti-real estate and business legislation hit overdrive about three years ago and has accelerated with a myriad of anti-business laws and regulations.