A retail shopping center is a special place where the tenant mix just has to match the client and customer requirements for the location. If you make mistakes in retail tenant placement then sales and customer interest in the property will slow. That can only mean on thing and that is a decline in rent.
So there are issues to consider in finding the right tenants and placing them in the property. Certainly the landlord should have a say in what they think about tenants and tenant mix choices, but the center manager should give guidance to the leasing process and tenant placement.
In this audio program, John Highman talks about retail leasing and the important choices to be remembered in attracting and converting tenants to a retail property and or shopping center.
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