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In the not too distant future, parking lots at retail centers could be obsolete, and retail owners today are grappling with how to convert that additional space into new revenue streams.

"Retailers who successfully integrate their brick-and-mortar stores with online and mobile platforms will continue to flourish for the long term,” says Steven K. Winters of CBRE.

As this demographic continues to age, buy more homes and increase its purchasing power, communities will change to reflect their preferences, so they need to get involved, FirstService Residential California's Marisa McVey tells GlobeSt.com.

Avison Young's Jedd Nero says retail is ending stale brick-and-mortar operations, enthusiastically embracing restaurants and technology.

Users who historically would have turned up their noses at the IE are now being forced to consider all geographic options because of an ever-tightening market with climbing rents in all Southern California industrial submarkets, Voit's Adam Geiger tells GlobeSt.com.

Whitney Hendrickson gets the chance to combine her passion for pediatric nursing and healthcare design into a blended career, and recently shared her insights in the first of this two-part <b>EXCLUSIVE</b>.

Office and residential growth are creating increased demand for retail, and local as well as out of state buyers are attracted to well-placed centers with strong tenants that draw on increasingly affluent surroundings.

"There is a big black cloud over retail and concerns of how much space might be coming online," says RPAI's Steve Grimes. So why is he smiling?