Retail Renaissance with Liz Holland and Amy Sands

About this episode

Liz Holland and Amy Sands discuss the evolving retail landscape and insights into commercial real estate.

You'll hear about retail's changing landscape in this conversation with Liz Holland, CEO of Abbell Associates, and Amy Sands, partner and head of investments at 11 North Partners. They discuss post-COVID retail trends, including why open-air, grocery-anchored centers are thriving and how work-from-home and data-driven site selection are boosting rents and occupancy. You'll learn how consumer data can be used for acquisitions and the factors that can impact the value of a center. You'll also gain insights into merchandise mix, leasing relationships, and light- touch value-add. Liz and Amy share ways to break into commercial real estate and take on leadership roles. You can connect with Liz at her company website , and Amy on LinkedIn . You can connect with me at: My website: JamesNelson.com LinkedIn: JamesNelsonNYC Instagram: JamesNelsonNYC Twitter: JamesNelsonNYC My Forbes.com articles: Forbes.com/sites/jamesnelson

People in this episode

Host: James Nelson

Guests: Liz Holland, Amy Sands

Topics covered

• retail trends
• commercial real estate
• post-COVID recovery
• data-driven site selection
• occupancy rates
• leadership in real estate

Keywords

• retail
• real estate
• COVID-19
• site selection
• occupancy
• merchandise mix
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abbell Associates, 11 North Partners

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