May 20, 2013. ICSC RECON UPDATE. Today was an exhausting but productive day. My Fitbit recorded nearly 20,000 steps, or roughly 8.75 miles covered. My feet hurt, so I believe it.
It was great to see friendly, familiar faces, from past and present – happy to be making deals again. There is, for the first time in a very long time, an upbeat mood in the CRE industry, and an abundance of new construction and redevelopment projects underway.
I was interested to hear what community development directors from communities around the country had to say. To a large extent they are “open for business”, fully expecting to hear from developers seeking development incentives, and prepared to be of assistance.
Interestingly, some communities question whether development incentives should be necessary with development coming back. . . To which I have to respond: Really?
My reminder to communities is that
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