Retail real estate is all about going somewhere to shop. So it makes sense that people associate it mainly with places and things — from the concrete, glass and steel of a food-hall-anchored shopping center to the Levi’s jeans and Apple computers on offer at the mall. But though material things are fundamental to the industry, they are only part of what drives it forward.
The human element: Meet the people who make the retail real estate industry run
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