Retail

From Kendall to Downtown Miami to Brickell and beyond, the region's retail landscape is performing stronger than most metros in the United States. But what about the high-tourism areas?

The success of a Diamond Heights transaction proves the investment market is strong for well-located necessity-based grocery-anchored assets.

Customized retail space is hard to find, opening the door for buildings that cater to services, restaurants, salons, exercise studios and unique retailers that work well in a downtown-foot-traffic market, Flinn West's Jayne Flinn tells GlobeSt.com.

While many are pointing to ecommerce as the reason for retail disruption and store closures, the real issue stems from debt-heavy balance sheets.

GlobeSt.com visited the Cayman Islands last week with Dart Real Estate to see more about how to integrate acquisitions, as well as development of the land the company already owns, in a way that fits into a much larger master plan.

“The retail market continues to be actively bid upon by private as well as institutional investors alike as they look for quality and yield,” says HFF's José Cruz.

A roundup of the latest leases, sales and other transactions in the Northeast middle markets.

Over a 25-year career with firms including Cole Real Estate investments and AEW Capital Management, Scott M. Holmes has closed over $6 billion in commercial real estate transactions.