August 21, 2025 | 7:58 p.m.
Walmart posts gains despite tariff pressures; Appeals court rejects Trump civil penalty; Existing home sales rise
Walmart posts gains despite tariff pressures
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August 21, 2025 | 5:42 p.m.Larger format retail sees availability uptick in Puget Sound region
Seattle's retail market has been one of the country's tightest, with an availability rate in the low single digits over the past decade. However, the market is showing signs of softening. While overall availability remains historically low, larger-sized retail spaces are experiencing a notable rise in available space.
August 21, 2025 | 4:58 p.m.Macerich hires CBRE to help fill downtown Philadelphia mall
Retail landlord Macerich has retained CBRE to assist it in leasing at its Fashion District mall in Philadelphia’s City Center neighborhood.
August 21, 2025 | 4:17 p.m.Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield sells its German property management business
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield continues to sell off its assets. After announcing at the end of July further major arbitrages - the sale of the Pullman Paris Montparnasse hotel for over €300 million and the sale of its US airport activities for €295 million - the listed property company has this time signed an agreement with Portuguese group Sonae Sierra for the sale of its German property management business, URW REM.
August 21, 2025 | 3:34 p.m.Franklin Street hires Navy veteran to lead Miami office
Franklin Street, a commercial real estate services firm that’s been aggressively expanding nationally, has tapped Rafael Romero to serve as the group’s managing director for its Miami office.
August 21, 2025 | 2:53 p.m.New York tower struggles with leasing; Lender takes on hotel bond risk; Ashford lands loan relief
This week’s column examines a New York office tower said to be facing a slowdown in leasing, a lender that’s taken on risk by buying hotel-backed bonds and Ashford Hospitality Trust’s extension of a $580 million loan. Read the entire piece by clicking “read more” below.- August 21, 2025 | 2:47 p.m.
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August 21, 2025 | 1:56 p.m.Experts share best practices for hotel design that promote flexibility, timelessness
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — The creative process for designing a hotel and the spaces inside draws on a wide variety of factors to balance the wants and needs of both guests and hoteliers.
August 21, 2025 | 12:39 p.m.New investor shares his story of securing the initial capital for a hotel fund
Even amid a challenged transactions market, Ramel Lee secured the initial capital for his fund's first acquisition and raised the funding before even deciding on the hotel property he would acquire.- August 21, 2025 | 12:38 p.m.
How hoteliers can capitalize on the demand generated by major events
NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Hotel leisure demand is full of wild swings, none more so than during major events that lead to a lot of hotel bookings and busy weekends for hoteliers. 
August 21, 2025 | 10:52 a.m.A first for the retail sector – the River Island restructuring plan
Following a clear precedent set in the past few years by High Court decisions involving big names in the leisure sector (Virgin Active, Fitness First and Cineworld), the High Court sanctioned River Island’s restructuring plan on 8 August 2025.
August 21, 2025 | 8:35 a.m.The SCPI market picks up sharply in Q2 2025
According to the Ramify SCPI Index (RSCPI)*, the open-ended SCPI market showed a clear recovery in Q2 2025 after a Q1 marked by a sharp correction. The overall performance of open-ended SCPIs reached +1.11%, the best Q2 performance since the creation of the RSCPI (Q2 2023: -1.95%; Q2 2024: +0.87%).
August 21, 2025 | 8:29 a.m.Romulus serves up UK's first private hospital in a mall in former Debenhams
Romulus has signed European healthcare provider Affidea for a 30,000-square-foot medical facility on the second floor of Wimbledon Quarter, its London retail complex, in part of the space formerly occupied by Debenhams.
August 21, 2025 | 6:00 a.m.Mango signs for Festival Place Basingstoke store
Mango, the Spanish fashion retailer, has signed for a 7,104-square-foot store at Festival Place Basingstoke, the major UK shopping centre that was recently sold to MDSR.
August 21, 2025 | 6:00 a.m.Superdrug expands Oxford presence
Superdrug has expanded its presence in Oxford, as part of its strategy to increase its space in key shopping centres, expand its retail park portfolio and open 25 new stores this year.
August 20, 2025 | 11:30 p.m.Bed Bath & Beyond to skip California as it stages brick-and-mortar comeback
Bed Bath & Beyond, the American home goods chain where shoppers could walk in looking to buy a towel and walk out with a new avocado slicer, a dust buster and a fluffy toilet seat cover, is planning a brick-and-mortar comeback after its bankruptcy filing two years ago.
August 20, 2025 | 10:49 p.m.Hotelier bags NYLO hotel in North Texas office hub
Hotel real estate investment firm NewcrestImage is adding to its portfolio of upscale full-service hotels with the purchase of the NYLO Dallas Plano hotel in North Texas.
August 20, 2025 | 10:14 p.m.Home Depot cites tariffs in planned price hikes; Target names new CEO amid sales slump; Guess retail chain to go private
Home Depot cites tariffs in planned price hikes
August 20, 2025 | 9:41 p.m.Lowe’s targets building professionals with $8.8 billion acquisition
Home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos. is making an $8.8 billion acquisition that intensifies its competition with Home Depot to attract professional builders as customers.
August 20, 2025 | 9:31 p.m.Amazon bets big on groceries in US logistics expansion
In what one analyst called “the shot heard 'round the warehouse,' ” Amazon announced the rollout of same-day grocery delivery in over 1,000 cities, with plans to more than double that number to 2,300 by the end of the year.
