At a time when attracting traditional department store anchors to a new or existing project is more difficult than ever before, one category that has continued to emerge as the next generation “anchor” is restaurants.

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When talking about the retail sector, the economy has to be part of the conversation. Trends in retail concepts follow consumer behavior. In 2010, when the recovery began, wealthy consumers were the first to return to the marketplace. Not surprisingly, luxury retail concepts followed these wealthy shoppers.

As an active member of the Columbus chapter of Urban Land Institute, Steiner + Associates CEO Yaromir Steiner hosted a meeting of nearly 300 Buckeye Lake residents and local political leaders this month to discuss the vision and potential redevelopment of the Buckeye Lake area.

This January, Steiner + Associates’ President Laura Wedekind dedicated her time to The Young Enterprising Women’s Forum at Otterbein University.

“A sitting governor running for president of the United States. The first Gen Xer to lead the region’s largest business group…”

Change for Charity, Steiner + Associates’ innovative and wildly successful community outreach and charitable giving program, recently celebrated its fifteenth anniversary, and the groundbreaking initiative shows no signs of slowing down.

As Greater Cincinnati’s northern suburbs along the Interstate 75 corridor grew, Liberty Township’s location became more of an asset than a liability. It also offered the mostly rural, but growing bedroom community the chance to get a central business district.

Yaromir Steiner said he felt like a proud father Thursday as he stood near the public square of his company’s $350 million real estate development in Liberty Township.

Nurturing just about anything–A house, plant, toddler, a romantic relationship—requires a deft touch. The same is true of the fragile independent stores that shopping center owners and managers are increasingly seeking to incubate.