You’ve found the perfect tenant for your shopping center and are eager to start a conversation with their team. Now begins the tough part of the process – researching their brand and hunting down a contact that can actually make the decision to open a new location.Unless you are a Retailsphere member. If you are,… Continue reading Get the Deal Done with a Retailsphere Research Request
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Using Retailsphere for leverage in lease negotiations
Tenants are playing rent hardball with retail center owners like never before, asking for reductions, deferrals, abatements and other concessions. Many requests are legitimate, given COVID-19 hardships, but some seem to be out-and-out shakedowns, particularly those emanating from national tenants owned by private-equity (PE) funds.Consider this hypothetical case: “U.S. Oil Change,“ a fictional category leader… Continue reading Using Retailsphere for leverage in lease negotiations
Bringing In Grocery Tenants Is A Smart Move—Here’s How To Find Them
While guidelines around COVID-19 update almost daily, one fact has stood firm over the last 4+ months: people are staying home. Whether by government mandates, their own personal concerns, or just because options for outside activities are extremely limited, most people are working, schooling and interacting from the safety of their own houses. This has… Continue reading Bringing In Grocery Tenants Is A Smart Move—Here’s How To Find Them
Replacing JCPenney: How To Use Retailsphere To Fill Large Vacancies
It’s no secret that JCPenney has been struggling for years, and now the global pandemic has led to bankruptcy and the shuttering of over 100 stores across the country. If JCPenney was one of your anchor tenants, the thought of filling such a large space right now could lead to panic. Large-scale brands such as… Continue reading Replacing JCPenney: How To Use Retailsphere To Fill Large Vacancies
Top Five Complaints About Retail Tenant Databases
What’s a tenant database? It’s a list of expanding retailers and contact information for key decision makers in those organizations. If you work in retail commercial real estate, you’ve undoubtedly used a retail tenant database to help you find and connect with potential tenants. Retailsphere was created to advance the retail tenant database beyond just… Continue reading Top Five Complaints About Retail Tenant Databases
Why Medical May be the best Tenant — And How To Find Them
Retail is often reliant on the exciting new trends. Poke bowls are the new sushi and trampoline parks are the new arcade, proving that even when brands remain flexible and innovate—there’s always room for something new. When you tack on a global pandemic, it can feel daunting to find a solid tenant for your retail… Continue reading Why Medical May be the best Tenant — And How To Find Them
When Tenants Won’t Help Themselves during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent widespread orders to close theaters, retailers and restaurants – or severely restrict their operations – are forcing landlords and tenants to the negotiating table to figure out a way to survive. In many cases, the parties are striking agreements that generally provide a period of rent reduction and then spread… Continue reading When Tenants Won’t Help Themselves during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Get proven Return on Investment (ROI) with Retailsphere
Many commercial real estate brokers and shopping center managers are used to purchasing a retail tenant database just once a year, so a monthly subscription fee can feel expensive. When compared to the cost of a vacant space, however, Retailsphere is a steal. And because Retailsphere’s location data and retail research is constantly updated, you… Continue reading Get proven Return on Investment (ROI) with Retailsphere
The real value of having an on-demand research team
When you sign up with Retailsphere, you are getting access to a robust retailer tenant database that is constantly updated by our world-class research team. You also get direct access to these researchers as each subscription comes with custom monthly research requests. We’ve previously taken a look at why you should want a research team,… Continue reading The real value of having an on-demand research team
Why do you need a Retail Research Team?
You’ve bought a new retail contact list hoping it will include a few critical brands. You finally get a chance to comb through it and you’re missing several of the contacts you needed most, plus the ones that are present seem to be old. Sound familiar?Knowing you have up-to-date and correct information is important when… Continue reading Why do you need a Retail Research Team?