Real estate chiefs assess lay of the land in 2017
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Joe Cosenza, Vice Chairman, The Inland Real Estate Group of Companies: So many retailers today, big ones like Kohl’s and PetSmart, want to have more coverage, more shoppers, but they can’t find a place at the inn at top centers so they have to turn to a smaller format in order to go into new areas. Go to a smaller format and feature the best-selling products you have. That would be my advice to them. If there’s no room at the inn, you have to use the stable.
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