The Healthcare Marketplace – Maintaining Healthy Relationships

Some healthcare providers are taking their clinics out of traditional medical campuses and into California's hottest retail centers, blurring the lines between patient and consumer. Convenience may be key for today's popular healthcare tenants, but their presence can be less than appreciated by some shopping center staples. Sandy …

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NewMark Merrill Companies, Inc. in the news – Member Mentions

NewMark Merrill Cos. hired Kassandra Bishop as vice president of marketing and technology. Bishop will lead the company’s corporate and property marketing and technology efforts. Her role includes overseeing the overall strategy, implementation, budget, measurement, public relations and community involvement. “We are very fortunate to have Kassandra join our company …

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Retail Landlords Creating Community Spaces for Power Centers

Free meeting spaces encourage tenants, shoppers and neighbors to see the local shopping center as part of the neighborhood. CHICAGO—Developers and landlords in the retail sector are all striving to make their properties go-to destinations rather than mere places to shop. NewMark Merrill Cos., a Woodland Hills, CA-based …

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Why We Can't Flip Retail to Residential

I enjoyed reading Charles Crumpley’s One More Thing column in the July 9 issue (“Why Not Flip Retail to Residential?”) about trying to help solve the housing shortage in the area, which he believed could be potentially mitigated by using vacant and decaying retail centers. He cited …

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Real Estate Revolution will be Visualized

From building to selling, Tech tools are now a must. The San Diego Business Journal article by Ray Huard takes a closer look at the role of new technologies in the property market, and Newmark Merrill CEO, Sandy Sigal weighs in on the topic. San Diego Business Journal …

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Centers must embrace tech to stay competitive

Have you been lulled into complacency by an ever improving economy? The current expansion is presenting different challenges for shopping center owners than any of the cycles of the past three decades. As result, the biggest factors to owning a successful shopping center over the next decade …

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Several of biggest renovate, reach beyond retail

The cranes and construction at some Los Angeles County retail centers highlight the pressure felt by mall owners facing the growth of Amazon.com Inc. and other e-commerce companies, as well as consumers who want memorable experiences when they shop. The county’s largest 25 retail centers, ranked by the …

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Landlords, Retailers Benefit by Collaborating on Technology

The cellphone’s evolution from mere communications device to handheld computer has revolutionized shopping by enabling the consumer to shop prices and order goods online, even when he or she is physically standing inside the store — and from a competing retailer, if necessary. Of course, initially, this …

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