Jodi Pulice Greg Smith JRT Realty Group Inc. GlobeSt.com: JRT Realty Group does a lot of work in Long Island City and the Bronx, two areas with rapid growth and development but lacking in retail services. What are the factors that you see contributing to that lack of retail? Greg Smith: GlobeSt.com: In an under-retailed area how do you communicate the benefits of that neighborhood to a potential commercial tenant? To a retail tenant? Jodi Pulice: GlobeSt.com: Are there any programming initiatives that JRT gets involved in that activate these areas on a temporary basis? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do you find that temporary activations like this have a positive impact on leasing? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do these temporary activations increase the likelihood of these retailers or food purveyors being a more permanent part of the neighborhood? Pulice: GlobeSt.com: How do you determine what the retail needs are in these rapidly evolving residential neighborhoods? Do you engage with local residents through community boards or tenants associations and the like? Smith: GlobeSt.com: In these areas, which types of tenants tend to be most successful? Pulice: Jodi Pulice Greg Smith JRT Realty Group Inc. GlobeSt.com: JRT Realty Group does a lot of work in Long Island City and the Bronx, two areas with rapid growth and development but lacking in retail services. What are the factors that you see contributing to that lack of retail? Greg Smith: GlobeSt.com: In an under-retailed area how do you communicate the benefits of that neighborhood to a potential commercial tenant? To a retail tenant? Jodi Pulice: GlobeSt.com: Are there any programming initiatives that JRT gets involved in that activate these areas on a temporary basis? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do you find that temporary activations like this have a positive impact on leasing? Smith: GlobeSt.com: Do these temporary activations increase the likelihood of these retailers or food purveyors being a more permanent part of the neighborhood? Pulice: GlobeSt.com: How do you determine what the retail needs are in these rapidly evolving residential neighborhoods? Do you engage with local residents through community boards or tenants associations and the like? Smith: GlobeSt.com: In these areas, which types of tenants tend to be most successful? Pulice:NOT FOR REPRINT
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