State of the Industry By Ken Schuckman | Schuckman Realty Inc. | July 1, 2026 The restaurant sector is splitting in two. Value-driven chains are packing dining rooms and opening stores. Everyone else…
Ask which supermarket is the “best” on Long Island and you’ll start an argument. So we did something different: we pulled the foot-traffic and estimated-sales data on every major grocery banner from Commack…
The retail apocalypse was a misdiagnosis. Shopping centers didn’t die — bad tenant mix did. With e-commerce plateaued near 17% and retail vacancy at a 20-year low, curation toward grocery, medical, fitness and chef-driven dining is the turnaround.
The institutional capital markets have stopped debating grocery-anchored retail — they’ve decided. JLL’s $11B/+42% year, CBRE’s 85% investor preference, new nine-figure funds, and Casey’s record run, through a broker’s lens.
The best story in retail real estate isn’t new construction — it’s the second life of vacated big boxes. From a former Target turned school to Costco repurposing an ex–Bed Bath & Beyond, here’s why adaptive reuse is winning.
The survivors are opening, the strugglers are pruning, and grocery-anchored centers keep printing steady checks. Today’s retail openings, closings, and Q1 earnings — through a CRE lens.
