Shoppers Prefer Staying Outdoors. That’s More Trouble for Malls.

[ad_1] National chains are accelerating their exit from malls for other types of retail locations, signaling more trouble for malls as consumers show a growing preference for shorter, more convenient…

Offices Around America Hit a New Vacancy Record

[ad_1] America’s offices are emptier than at any point in at least four decades, reflecting years of overbuilding and shifting work habits that were accelerated by the pandemic. A staggering…

A Real-Estate Juggernaut Ran Off the Rails in 2023

[ad_1] From 2019 to 2022, a new type of real-estate fund became one of the hottest fundraising juggernauts on Wall Street by giving individual investors the chance to participate in…

Japanese Investors Return to Overseas Real Estate With Lessons Learned From the 1990s

[ad_1] TOKYO—Big Japanese investors stumbled disastrously into the U.S. commercial real-estate market in the late 1980s, when they bought high-profile properties like New York’s Rockefeller Center not long before the…

The American Store Is Shrinking

[ad_1] Updated Dec. 12, 2023 5:04 pm ET Listen to article (1 minute) The average store size in the U.S. is the smallest it’s been in at least 17 years,…

San Francisco Is Building to Bring Residents Back

[ad_1] Real-estate developers are launching a series of residential projects in San Francisco, responding to new efforts by the state and city to create more housing in one of the…

Think Companies Are Struggling to Fill Offices? Look at the Government

[ad_1] The Biden administration is telling federal employees to get back in the office on a more regular basis. It isn’t having much better luck than private companies.  The White…

Buybuy Baby Is Back—and Opening Stores Again  

[ad_1] Updated Nov. 27, 2023 11:55 am ET WEST HARTFORD, Conn.—The new owners of Buybuy Baby recently reopened 11 stores, betting that many expectant parents still prefer to shop for…

WSJ News Exclusive | Silverstein Properties Parts Ways With CEO Marty Burger

[ad_1] Updated Oct. 26, 2023 11:21 am ET Silverstein Properties, best known as the developer of New York City’s World Trade Center, has replaced its longtime chief executive with Lisa…

America’s Downtowns Are Empty. Fixing Them Will Be Expensive.

[ad_1] Lonely sidewalks and closed storefronts inspire proposals to recast office districts into neighborhoods where people live, work and raise families. [ad_2] Source link