C+CT - September 4, 2026

J.P. Morgan weighs retail’s CRE outlook, major brands expand, 440k SF of retail space coming in mixed-use projects, Sun Belt metros lead retail construction and World Cup traffic gains prove hyperlocal.

C+CT - September 2, 2026

Specialty leasing is evolving through collaborative landlord-retailer partnerships, flexible formats and rising automated retail concepts.

C+CT - August 31, 2026

credit risk, traffic and location analytics — accelerating leasing and asset management decisions. Tenant data platforms like RetailStat, Guesst, Placer.ai, CenterXY and CenterCheck are making sales reporting easier and tenant data more accessible, improving landlord-tenant collaboration. Landlords now can use conversational AI and large language models to analyze integrated datasets, identify business patterns, assess credit risk, evaluate expansion opportunities and generate actionable insights more quickly than with manual analysis. Data warehouses and business intelligence platforms enable proprietary tools, such as Brixmor’s co-tenancy analysis, to fuel smarter leasing strategies.