The Breathtaking Collapse of Retail Rents in Manhattan, Year 7 by Wolf Richter • Jun 23, 2021 • 99 Comments Retailers willing to battle ecommerce will find “ample availability” – shuttered stores dotting the sidewalks – and much lower but still very high rents.
Third Publicly Traded Mall REIT Files for Bankruptcy in Eight Months: Washington Prime Group, the Simon Property Spinoff by Wolf Richter • Jun 14, 2021 • 87 Comments The brick-and-mortar meltdown for mall landlord started years before the Pandemic. For WPG, it started in 2016.
Macy’s Brick & Mortar Sales -35%, Digital +21%. Walmart Online +69%, US Ecommerce +32%. Online Furniture, Grocery, Clothing Sales Explode as Brick & Mortar Melts Down by Wolf Richter • Feb 23, 2021 • 135 Comments Mall landlords, even the biggest, are turning malls over to their lenders.
Owner of Westfield, Buckling under $32 Billion in Debt, Plans to Dump its US Malls After Huge Losses by Nick Corbishley • Feb 12, 2021 • 95 Comments “A management team that remains prisoner of its failed strategy that started with the acquisition of Westfield.”
Largest US Mall Landlord Simon Property Group Sent Jingle Mail to Deutsche Bank Which Foreclosed on Mall, But Got No Bids by Wolf Richter • Feb 4, 2021 • 129 Comments Becoming a prolific jingle-mailer to dump malls. Holders of CMBS eat the losses.
Stunning Brick & Mortar Meltdown, Manhattan Style: The Collapse of Retail Rents Before & Now During the Pandemic by Wolf Richter • Jan 11, 2021 • 171 Comments Store rents had already plunged, amid a surge in vacancies. Then in the spring, the market froze; when it thawed, rents dropped to 10-year lows.
After 17 Years of Falling Ticket Sales, Movie Theaters Got Annihilated in 2020 by Wolf Richter • Jan 10, 2021 • 209 Comments Americans are watching more movies than ever, but they’re watching at home. The studios are on board in a big way.
Why Simon Property Group & Brookfield Property, #1 & #2 Mall Landlords, Bought J.C. Penney and Other Collapsed Retailers out of Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2020 • 113 Comments After years of brick-and-mortar meltdown, the Pandemic. Desperate measures are now required.
What Took so Long? After Years of Brick & Mortar Meltdown Punctuated by the Pandemic, Two Mall REITs File for Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Nov 2, 2020 • 152 Comments CBL and Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust were both toast before the Pandemic. The banks are stuck.
Jingle Mail Haunts Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities as Property Values Get Slashed Below Loan Amounts by Wolf Richter • Oct 26, 2020 • 125 Comments At the time of securitization into CMBS a few years ago, inflated collateral values led to soothingly low loan-to-value ratios. Then trouble hit.
