LAS VEGAS-Westwood Financial keeps its focustight. The play has always been neighborhood necessity retail,preferably with a grocery anchor. In this exclusive interview thattook place at RECon 2014, EVP Joe Dykstraexplains how that approach has allowed Westwood to avoid many ofthe changes—such as the upheaval in big-box retail—that haveplagued the market. In short, he says the focus is not on theretailer but on “location, location, location.”

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GlobeSt.com: A lot of large retailers are closing ormerging. Now is it affecting your portfolio?

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John Salustri

John Salustri has covered the commercial real estate industry for nearly 25 years. He was the founding editor of GlobeSt.com, and is a four-time recipient of the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Real Estate Editors.