Brandon Svec is the National Director of U.S. Retail Analytics for CoStar Group, where he guides the firm’s research and analysis on the U.S. retail real estate market. Prior to covering the national retail market, Brandon led CoStar’s analytic cover...
Brandon Svec is the National Director of U.S. Retail Analytics for CoStar Group, where he guides the firm’s research and analysis on the U.S. retail real estate market. Prior to covering the national retail market, Brandon led CoStar’s analytic coverage of the Chicago market. Brandon has extensive prior commercial real estate experience across multiple disciplines, including lending, portfolio management, private and public real estate fund analysis, research, and fund structuring. Brandon previously held Series 7, 24, and 66 securities licenses and received his MBA from DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, where he concentrated in real estate finance and investment.
Retail sales rebounded in February after the wintry weather experienced in January receded, reinforcing the narrative that consumers entered 2026 on firmer footing than many had expected.
The amount of available retail space remains very limited across most U.S. markets, with few vacancies, not many move-in-ready locations and steady demand from businesses continuing to push rents ...
Earnings results reported by major retailers through mid-March 2026, covering the late 2025 holiday season and the start of 2026, suggest that consumer spending has not fallen off a cliff.
Retail investment activity keeps increasing, but escalating prices and more competitive bidding for the best centers in the largest U.S. markets are pushing investors to expand their geographic reach.
Retail leasing reached a structural turning point in 2025. For the first year on record, service-based retailers leased more space than traditional goods-based tenants.
The U.S. pharmacy sector is undergoing one of the most significant contractions in modern retail history, reshaping corners, intersections and neighborhood stores nationwide.
The U.S. retail property market entered 2026 on firmer footing, following a turbulent first half of 2025 marked by elevated store closings and more space vacated than newly occupied.
After two years of elevated distress among retailers, the pace of store closing announcements meaningfully downshifted in the second half of 2025, creating a healthier backdrop moving into 2026.
U.S. shopping centers have proven extremely resilient, having withstood e-commerce disruption, a global pandemic and the fastest increase in interest rates in decades. As we enter 2026, the recent ...
While many were calling for 2025 to be the year that the U.S. retail sector turned downward, it remained resilient in the face of rising closures and bankruptcies. In fact, the second half of this ...
U.S. retail real estate delivered another year of resilience in 2025, marked by a steady balance between supply and demand, despite pressure from increased store closings.
Retail leasing for ground-floor spaces in non-traditional property types, including apartments, student housing, hospitality and office properties, has surged in 2025, marking a record-setting pace ...
Retail real estate investment trusts turned in another strong quarter, with performance metrics and management commentary from the largest firms pointing to a sector that has not only stabilized, but ...
The U.S. retail market entered the final quarter of 2025 on firmer footing, following a turbulent first half of the year marked by elevated store closings and more space added than newly occupied.
Retail asking rents across the U.S. rose to a record last quarter, but the pace of rent growth has downshifted meaningfully, falling to its slowest in more than a decade.
Despite retailers' concerns over tariffs, a cooling labor market and rising occupancy costs, demand for store space remains robust. A clear indicator of this resilience is search activity on LoopNet, ...