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Fast Retail: Opportunities for Digitally Native Brands

Fast retail is Coresight Research’s term for a new approach to retail featuring shorter leases, more shared spaces and more short-term stores. In this report, we profile the prevailing major fast retail formats in the US, ranging from pop-ups to marketplaces.

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Sector Overview: Retail REITs — An Industry in Flux

For US retail REITs, occupancy rates are improving, vacancies are decreasing and rent asking rates are increasing, but store traffic and other metrics remain negative. REITs are welcoming non-traditional occupants, particularly food. Just 20% of “A” malls generate 72% of all mall sales in the US.

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Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) 4Q18 Results: In-Line Quarter, Softer 2019 Due to Department Store Closures

In 2018, the company opened two new shopping destinations, completed five significant property transformations and started construction on several redevelopments of former department store spaces.
During 2018, the company closed on 22 mortgage loans totaling approximately $3.2 billion, , of which Simon’s share is approximately $1.3 billion. These loans carry a weighted average interest rate and weighted average term of 3.69% and 8.1 years, respectively.

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