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Retail occupancy stages strong rebound

Property type posts biggest gain in move-ins versus move-outs since mid-2024
The second quarter was marked by a large number of tenants helping to fill vacancies created by recent national retail closings. One example was LV Furniture Collection’s 85,000-square-foot deal at <a  href="https://product.costar.com/detail/all-properties/4497583/summary">Foothill Ranch Towne Center</a>, taking over a space formerly leased to At Home. (CoStar)
The second quarter was marked by a large number of tenants helping to fill vacancies created by recent national retail closings. One example was LV Furniture Collection’s 85,000-square-foot deal at Foothill Ranch Towne Center, taking over a space formerly leased to At Home. (CoStar)
CoStar Analytics
August 18, 2026 | 6:54 P.M.

Retail space occupancy rebounded sharply in the second quarter, providing further evidence that recent weakness in absorption, or the net change in occupancy, was largely due to the timing of recent store closings rather than a broad pullback in demand for that property type.

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