NEW YORK CITY—In an exclusive interview with GlobeSt.com, CBRE's Mike Lafitte says traditional approaches to meeting client demand simply don't cut it anymore.

OAK BROOK, IL—That's the advice from Shane Garrison of RPAI. Like Mark Twain's death (at least before he died), news of retail's demise is greatly exaggerated.

OAK BROOK, IL--Big Data or Big Brother? Yes, says RPAI's Maria Pope Toliopoulos, but the benefits of modern customer tracking can't be denied. Big Data is less like Big Brother and more like Moneyball.

OAK BROOK, IL--Maybe it's experience. Maybe it's a natural optimism. Maybe it's both. But Inland's Joe Cosenza doesn't flinch in up times or (the inevitable) down times.

INDIANAPOLIS—The retail market is being changed by millennials? Not so fast, says Lee & Associates' Scot Courtney.

CALABASAS, CA—Despite an investor recalibration in the wake of rising interest rates, the net-leased sector is riding a wave of consumer confidence, according to Marcus & Millichap's Bill Rose.

OAK BROOK, IL—Inland chief Joe Cosenza says that, unlike the Biblical Jericho, retail's walls are not (literally or figuratively) coming down.

CALABASAS, CA—The economy supports continued growth in the national hospitality sector, says Marcus & Millichap. A deeper dive reveals pockets of concern, but expansion is still the theme for 2017.