{"id":141628,"date":"2021-04-26T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?post_type=news&p=141628"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T17:16:15","slug":"pandemic-accelerates-the-addition-of-mixed-uses-to-open-air-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/pandemic-accelerates-the-addition-of-mixed-uses-to-open-air-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Accelerates the Addition of Mixed Uses to Open-Air Retail"},"content":{"rendered":"
April 21, 2021 | Patricia Kirk | Wealth Management<\/p>\n
Open-air shopping centers have benefited from the pandemic, with many retailers moving from enclosed properties to the open-air format, according to Atlanta-based Chris Decoufle, a senior member with the capital markets retail team at real estate services firm CBRE.<\/p>\n
Open-air centers provided retailers the ability to remain open even during the depth of the pandemic and offer shoopers a safer, socially distanced shopping experience, Decoufle says. They were also able to accommodate new or expanded uses, such as space for outdoor dining and curbside pick-up of purchased merchandise, takeout food and groceries ordered online.<\/p>\n
Plus, in addition to featuring a diversified tenant mix that can range from grocery stores to coffee shops to fitness centers and medical office providers, open-air centers can now also serve as \u201clast mile\u201d distribution centers for e-commerce operators like Amazon.<\/p>\n