Malls and Land Shared the Spotlight in October

It's not often that retail and land news vave upstaged office and multifamily news this year; but our readers last month made CoStar News' two special series on the de-malling of America and the rebound in land sales among the most read stories of 2012.

Here is what our readers picked as the Top 10 stories of October.

No. 10. Avison Young Finding Success In Plan for Building a National CRE Services Brokerage

No. 9. The Great Land Price Swing

No. 8. Investors Stocking Up on Grocery-Anchored Centers Again

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No. 7. Bankers Give 6 Reasons To Shop for a CRE Loan Now; And 2 Reasons Not To

No. 6. KKR Says Goodbye Gold and Corn, Hello CRE

No. 5. When Retail Won't Work: Alternative Uses for Converting Former Ghost Malls

No. 4. Can This Mall Be Saved? Elements Needed for a Turnaround

No. 3. Land Sales Rising for First Time in Seven Years

No. 2. Where Have All the For-Sale Net Leased Properties Gone?

No. 1. The De-Malling of America: What's Next for Hundreds of Outmoded Malls?

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