NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. strip
mall owners struggled with a lack of demand in the second quarter, although limited construction of new space led to a modest improvement in vacancy rates and slightly higher rents, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Not exact matches
Brookfield Property's efforts to buy GGP have come as
mall owners across the United States are
struggling as a result of many retailers losing out to e-commerce firms such as Amazon.com.
To compound this problem,
mall owners are now starting to mail in the keys to financially troubled
malls: More
mall landlords are choosing to walk away from
struggling properties, leaving creditors in the lurch and posing a threat to the values of nearby real estate... [as] some of the largest U.S. landlords are calculating it is more advantageous to hand over ownership to lenders than to attempt to restructure debts on properties with darkening outlooks (LINK).