What a difference 18 months make. Retail fundamentals are steadily improving after the body blow Covid delivered in March 2020.

While the impact of Covid is likely to be felt for an extended period of time, one source we exclusively spoke with at ICSC says that the basic human desire for person to person interaction and sensory stimulus that sit at the heart of in-store shopping will ensure its longevity.

In advance of today's big ICSC Here We Go 2021 conference, GlobeSt.com caught up with a few attendees on what they look forward to at this year's live event.

The buildings themselves aren't what makes an asset resilient. It is the tenants that occupy those buildings, said panelists at the recent GlobeSt. Healthcare Real Estate national conference.

Panelists at the recent GlobeSt. Healthcare Real Estate national conference expand their horizon and look at the hospital space as well as behavioral healthcare space for yield.

In advance of the live ICSC Here, We, Go. 2021 networking conference in Las Vegas from Dec. 5-7, GlobeSt.com chatted with a few retail experts on what they are looking forward to from this year's event.

Panelists at the recent GlobeSt. Healthcare Real Estate national conference say that while investor interest is growing in behavioral facilities, lenders are slow to follow suit.

According to CEO and president Brian Harper, GIC's recent commitment of an additional $500 million to the REIT's core grocery-anchored R2G platform accelerates the retail REIT's portfolio transformation while enhancing its management fee income stream.