LAS VEGAS—According to Avison Young's Derrick Moore, we should expect a lot of talk about that question at this weekend's ICSC RECon event in Las Vegas.

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.

CLEVELAND—Daniel Burkons, senior director with Institutional Property Advisors, cites the Midwestern states' “overall stability and generally higher yields compared to that of the coastal markets.”

Ann Hambly, founder and CEO of 1st Service Solutions, says in this <b>EXCLUSIVE</b> commentary that overall borrower frustration with the CMBS product is one of the reasons origination has been down over the past year.