With the busiest travel period of the year arriving, plenty of people will be traveling through KCI Airport over the next several days. Thanksgiving is one of the busiest weeks for travel every year, with the Sunday after Thanksgiving pointed
Five Fast Facts: Travel Retail Edition
As consumer behavior continues to evolve and security procedures at airports have prolonged dwell times, retailers have recognized an amplified opportunity to reach our nation’s travelers. In fact, our Retail Valuation & Advisory group has observed sales productivity of retailers
The Future of Grocery Fulfillment
By Chris Copenhaver, Ken Reiff, and Ben Conwell
Grocery supply chains are some of the most complex in the industry. Product shelf life, fragility, and temperature requirements present unavoidable challenges within the grocery supply chain. Yet, groceries serve one
Now popping up in vacant big-box spaces: Halloween stores
With retail vacancies 15,000 square feet (sf) and higher fluctuating again amid a rise in national bankruptcies and location rollbacks, one niche industry is thriving: temporary Halloween stores.
Cushman & Wakefield is tracking at least 18 short-term/seasonal
Halloween stores
What’s Next for Chicago’s Central Loop?
By: Linsey Smith, PhD, Director, Chicago Research and Sally Haertl, Chicago Marketing Manager
Chicago’s once thriving Central Loop, anchored by the law firms, banks and government buildings of historical LaSalle Street, now faces a wave of large office vacancies.
