Yaromir Steiner spoke at ULI Indiana’s signature event on Monday December 7th.

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.

“When it comes to Millennials and retail, two opposing story lines compete, experts say. In the first, these younger shoppers star as the industry’s most important drivers of growth- the saviors of the mall.”

While it continues to be business as usual for some brick and mortar retail sectors, a major transformation continues to unfold across America’s regional retail landscape.

When we talk about sustainability, we generally think about resource conservation, environmentally friendly design and construction, and other green development principles…”

With a diverse economy, educated and skilled workforce, natural resources and vibrant urban centers, Ohio remains a hotbed for real estate development, according to Mario San Marco, president of Cincinnati-based Eagle Realty Group.

In the rich history of mixed-use design and development, retail reigns supreme.

For a large number of retail and mixed-use projects around the country—and for the communities they serve—the public-private partnership has been a game-changer.

For retail and mixed-use developers (not to mention civic and community leaders) great public spaces are almost always the showpiece: the smiling shoppers and families you see depicted on the website or brochure aren’t paying at a register or strolling through the parking lot—they are sitting on benches, playing in fountains, or taking a relaxing walk along a tree-lined path.

Perhaps no retail environment is more intriguing from an opportunity standpoint today in the United States than our B&C malls: environments that, for various reasons, have seen declining performance and declining value relative to their Class A counterparts.