Neighborhood Retail Remains a Strong Investment

July 06, 2026

Despite decades of concern about the potential impact of ecommerce on commercial real estate, a whopping 83 percent of all retail sales took place in brick-and-mortar storefronts in the first quarter of this year. While it’s true that the once-mighty Blockbuster has been reduced to a single, nostalgia-based store, that level of vulnerability to digital disruption has proven extremely rare in retail. Read on to learn more: Link


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