Net Lease

Rulings in recent cases allow rent to go unpaid.

Companies may shift from a lean-inventory strategy and position more safety stock around the country, a move that calls for additional storage space and not necessarily just in the short term.

COVID, with casual dining and a lot of other sectors, has accelerated the problems that the weaker players had to a large extent, says Boulder Group president Randy Blankstein.

The new report from KPMG predicts that bankruptcies by retailers will at least double in 2020, as the COVID-19 closures "intensify the Darwinian struggle for survival that has already been under way."

The car repair giant's initial focus for adding new locations will be in New York, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, Texas and Arizona.

These potential risks may not be covered by current property insurance, says Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr's Louis P. Archambault

Most of the time a guarantee is not a provision of a lease agreement but rather an independent instrument, says Warshaw Burstein's Maxwell Breed.

An analysis by Nuveen found that a large number of small businesses and poor fiscal health will also determine which cities may struggle.