News | Retail

January 26, 2026
Property in Tracy, California, with Trader Joe's and Best Buy sells
Che Chen & Shu Fen Liu Revocable Trust purchased a two-tenant retail property in Tracy, California, from Skyline Pacific Properties for $12.44 million, or about $265 per square foot.
January 26, 2026
Texas tycoon takes a controlling slice of pizza chain
Texas businessman G. Brint Ryan, founder, chairman and CEO of business tax firm Ryan LLC, has acquired the controlling interest in the Mr Gatti's pizza and entertainment brand in a deal that transforms the chain into being 100% franchise owned.
January 26, 2026
Regional developer acquires 24-acre site for mixed-use project
Hamburg Place acquired 23.99 acres of commercial land at 6422 Billtown Road in Louisville, Kentucky, for $4.5 million, or approximately $187,580 per acre.
January 26, 2026
ShopOne Centers and Pantheon Ventures acquire Houston retail center
ShopOne Centers REIT and Pantheon Ventures have acquired Beltway South, a Kroger-anchored retail center in Houston's Gulf Freeway-Pasadena area.
January 26, 2026
Life Time debuts latest ‘athletic country club’ in San Diego suburb with more on the way
Expanding fitness chain Life Time chose the fast-growing San Diego suburb of Chula Vista for its latest complex, part of a larger push by the company based near Minneapolis to increase nationally as retail centers welcome gyms as gathering places.
January 26, 2026
Amazon may cut more jobs; Regulation changes deemed crucial for housing affordability; Economic indicators edge lower
Amazon may cut more jobs
January 23, 2026
Mall giant Simon seeks to scrap two Saks Global store leases
Simon Property Group is asking a bankruptcy court to give it approval to terminate two leases that Saks Global has for stores in its shopping centers — despite the luxury retailer’s pending bankruptcy.
January 23, 2026
US store openings are expected to see an uptick this year
Yet another mall-based specialty apparel retailer, Francesca's, is closing hundreds of stores. Saks Global — parent of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman — has filed for Chapter 11 and is expected to shut some locations. American Signature Furniture shops are going dark after the chain went to bankruptcy court. And Macy's identified 14 more stores it's shutting.
January 23, 2026
Grocer helps bag $120 million project in affluent North Texas city
Trademark Property Co. is getting ready to begin work on a $120 million, 40-acre mixed-use project in North Texas that will include a specialty grocer, retail space, offices and single-family homes.
January 23, 2026
Former Detroit-area movie theater sells for $5.5 million
Mitch and Rodney Gappy purchased the former Regal UA Commerce Township cinema in Walled Lake, Michigan, from Regal Cinemas for $5.5 million.
January 23, 2026
Pro Football Hall of Fame campus secures $135 million financing deal
The Hall of Fame Village project in Canton, Ohio, has secured a $135 million financing package to complete an indoor waterpark and build a new hotel adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
January 23, 2026
Chicago retail tightens in early 2026
Chicago’s retail market continued to strengthen through the first quarter of 2026, with availability tightening across most major retail formats. Market-wide availability fell to 5.4% in 2026's first quarter, down from 5.7% one year earlier, marking another year of gradual improvement and placing the overall rate at its lowest level since before the pandemic. This broad-based tightening underscores consistent tenant demand and a lack of new supply across the metropolitan area.
January 23, 2026
What to watch in Cleveland’s commercial real estate sectors in 2026
Office gains drive vacancy lower, but near-term outlook remains cautious
January 23, 2026
Stamford office sales bounce back to pre-pandemic average
The Stamford, Connecticut, commercial real estate market saw considerable improvement in sales activity in 2025, with a 46% increase from the prior year and 20% above the annual average from 2015 to 2019.
January 23, 2026
Retail availability hits five-year high in San Diego
San Diego’s retail market ended 2025 with its highest availability rate since 2021. At 5.2%, it was a tick below the 10-year average. Over 1.3 million square feet was added to the leasing market in 2025, the most in a calendar year in the past decade.
January 23, 2026
JLL names energy chief; CBRE promotes team in Denver; SRS hires chase California industrial deals
JLL named Managing Director Nina Harlow as head of its energy and logistics practice, which is part of its industrials division. The company said Harlow, based in Chicago, will lead global teams focused on services such as workplace and occupancy management for JLL’s clients in industries including oil and gas, utilities, rail services and third-party logistics.
January 22, 2026
Nantucket, Massachusetts, retail spaces that greet vacationers off the ferry listed for $36 million
A set of storefronts that tourists encounter soon after they disembark from ferries onto the Massachusetts island of Nantucket is available for the tidy sum of $36 million.
January 22, 2026
All aboard: Chattanooga train station made famous by 'Choo Choo' song hits sales block
A historic Tennessee property made famous by the popular 1940s song "Chattanooga Choo Choo" is up for sale.
January 22, 2026
Annual inflation edges higher; Peet’s Coffee plans store closings; Jobless claims rise
Annual inflation edges higher
January 22, 2026
End of an era: Why a Northern California town is mourning the loss of its Taco Bell
Customers began flocking to the Taco Bell in Lafayette, California, just after Christmas, when news got around town that the fast-food outlet was set to close after nearly 60 years of feeding Quesaritos and Crunchwrap Supremes to the people of this leafy San Francisco suburb.

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