How does retail in the Midwest stack up against the rest of the country? REJournals.com talked to Taylor Johnson client Structured Development for a state-of-the-market Q&A as the team returned from ICSC RECon 2016, the global convention for the shopping center industry. In the interview, Structured’s Jeff Berta discussed the resilience of brick-and-mortar retail despite growing competition from e-commerce, and shared which segments of the market have been especially hot. Among the tenants filling vacancies at urban and suburban shopping centers: smaller fast-casual restaurants that cater to health-conscious, on-the-go consumers. Read more here.

Retail tenants at Structured Development’s NEWCITY community include LYFE Kitchen, a fast-casual eatery boasting healthful ingredients.