Retail Vacancy

Ground Floor Retail

Developers Want to Skip Ground-Floor Retail Requirements

Minneapolis developers are agitating against the requirements of mixed-use zoning, saying that it's impossible to find a good tenant for ground floor retail these days.

August 12, 2020 - Star Tribune

New York Vacant Storefront

Planning Department Study Documents Storefront Vacancy in NYC Neighborhoods

A new report from the New York Department of City Planning has found that storefront vacancy may not be a one-answer citywide problem. Vacancies were found to be concentrated in certain neighborhoods, and the reasons appear to be varied.

August 15, 2019 - 6sqft

Dallas Retail: Low Vacancies, Lots of Construction

Fast rates of growth in North Texas have produced the demand necessary to drive fast rates of construction for retail.

July 13, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News

New York Vacant Storefront

'High-Rent Blight' on the Rise in Manhattan Retail Districts

Why are so many shops closing in New York's richest and best-known neighborhoods?

May 26, 2015 - The New Yorker

Phoenix Struggles to Fill Its Big Vacant Boxes

Phoenix has a sizable dilemma, how to fill the growing number of closed supermarkets, electronics superstores and mega bookstores that continue to weigh down the area's real-estate market, reports Max Jarman.

April 11, 2012 - The Arizona Republic

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