VIDEO: Job Growth Fuels Retail Expansion

SAN DIEGO-Brook Blakeslee, a senior retail broker at Colliers International, talks about the retail real estate market.

By Ian Ritter | September 20, 2012 at 09:57 AM

SAN DIEGO-Brook Blakeslee, a senior retail broker at Colliers International talks to GlobeSt.com's Ian Ritter. The two were at the ICSC Western Division Conference here at the opening reception for the show.

The two spoke about:

How retail real estate fares in the West compared with other markets.
Job growth in the western states.
Retailers expanding into the recession vacancies.
Retail real estate concepts that are expanding.

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