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Retail shops
The market has responded by increasing cap rates for retail asset classes, forcing retail property owners to reevaluate their tenant strategy to reduce vacancy and present an offering that is in line with modern tastes. While specific alterations and approaches vary by owner and market, we at Property Tree believe that a long-term transition toward service-oriented retailers is the most promising and sustainable of the many possibilities.
Before arguing in favor of the service-oriented retail real estate, it's vital to clarify what a service-oriented retail center is.
What is a Service Oriented Retail shop?
It's easy to characterize a service-oriented shopping complex by isolating its two main features. To begin, a retail center is a shopping mall that primarily rents space to consumer-facing retail enterprises, such as department stores and specialty boutiques.
Regional and Super Regional Shopping Centers:
Merchandise that caters to the general public or the fashion industry. Usually enclosed, with storefronts facing inward and linked by a central corridor. Vehicle parking is located all around the outside.
Neighborhood & Community Centers:
Merchandise for everyday use or items designed to make life easier. The hub is typically planned out as a linear strip, although it can also take the form of an L or U, depending on the available space and the architect's vision.
Shopping Centers / Strip:
Usually, a row of stores or service outlets is attached and run as a single retail entity, including parking in front of the establishments. In a strip mall, the storefronts may be covered by open canopies, but the connecting walkways are not enclosed. A strip mall might take the form of a straight line, an "L," or a "U." One of the tiniest types of a shopping malls, convenience stores serve a relatively localized customer base by selling a limited selection of products and offering a few personal services.
Power Center:
Anchors dominate their respective categories, such as discount department stores, off-price retailers, or warehouse clubs, with only a handful of smaller shops filling out the rest of the space.
Lifestyle Center:
High-end specialized shops from large chain retailers, including outside seating and activities.
Factory Outlet:
Discounted name-brand goods sold at factory and retail outlet locations.
Theme / Festival Center:
Offerings in retail, hospitality, tourism and other service industries all centered around providing fun for the customer. Mixed-use developments are common in urban settings and sometimes involve the renovation of older, sometimes historic, buildings.
Service-based retailers have shown remarkable resilience to the disruption brought on by the rise of online shopping, and the shopping malls that house them have seen steadier occupancy and less frequent tenant turnover than their product-based counterparts in the modern era.
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