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Plans to convert retail space into logistics centres struggle to take off

With hundreds of stores closing their doors to customers for good at a pace never seen before, the retail space available has reached uncharted levels. While this wave of retail stores closures started over a year ago, the unstoppable advance of coronavirus has proven the deadly kiss to commercial property worldwide. In the past few months,...

Retail

Simon Property's see 25 percent revenue loss

Mall owner Simon Property Group was brutalized by the height of the coronavirus pandemic with months of temporary store closures. Some tenants have closed stores all together and were unable to pay their rents, costing the company massive revenue declines. On Monday, Simon Property Group reported that quarterly revenue fell 25 percent. This was...