"The economic downturn has allowed many smaller private companies to 'access spaces they may not have been able to get into in the past, and that is a positive,' said Bernard Haddigan, managing director of Marcus & Millichap's national retail group.'"There are a lot of communities that want to have local vendors instead of just national chains.'
Beyond grocery and discount stores, pharmacies, warehouse clubs and quick-service restaurants, there are some relatively atypical tenant types thriving in this down economy too, among them liquor stores, pawn shops, auto-parts shops, and even gun sellers, Haddigan says."
