Excuse me while I step outside of my normal role in this spaceof focusing solely on the net lease market. Because there is adynamic impacting all of retail—the general market as well as netleased retail—that needs to be addressed, namely, the myth of aretail apocalypse.
We have heard for years now about the death of brick-and-mortarretail at the hands—or is that the thumbs—of e-commerce. Indeed,according to Business Insider, some 1700 stores are expected toshutter this year. A short list would include Pier 1, which expectsto close 450 units; the Gap, which will click off the lights in 230stores; ditto Chico's, at 200 of its properties; and Forever 21,which will close 178 stores. This data was also brought out in arecent webinar conducted by the Institute of Real Estate Managementon Trends for 2020.
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