New York Retail Conference
Tue Mar 31, 2026
New York Retail Conference
Leasing, Development, Construction, Investment, Innovation, Expansion Plans, Luxury, Food & Entertainment-Driven Brands
$205.00
Registration Questions?
**Please note we have pricing tiers based on ticket availability. Ticket prices will increase once we sell out of the current pricing tier. We cannot redeem a lower price once the ticket prices have been raised.
**Bisnow is a cashless, checkless operation. Please only submit payment via credit card.
Speakers and Panels
Leasing Landscape: Inside Look into Terms, Tenant Growth & The Landlord's Approach
In-Demand Tenants, Shifting Leverage & Transactions
Henry Henderson
Sunny Choi
Randall Briskin
Modernizing Retail Stores Through Design, Technology & Innovative Store Layouts
Store Size, Format & Designing Tenant Fit Outs
Retail Investment, Acquisitions & Financing
Transactions from NYC Ground Floor Retail to Open Air Shopping Centers
What’s En Vogue in Retail: Growing Brands, Entertainment and Restaurants
QSR, Emerging Restaurants & Luxury Brands
Erica Downie
Reed Zuckerman
Jacob Dinetz
Why to Attend the New York Retail Conference
What You'll Learn:
- Gain better insight into what tenants are looking for to level up their brand and consumer engagement strategies and what this means for their in store locations.
- Retail continues to surge as an in-demand asset class, hear what the experts think about what is next for the retail market fundamentals.
- Top retail tenants will discuss the recent shifts they are seeing in consumer trends and how that is impacting their company's real estate needs.
- Hear how investors and developers are assessing growth opportunities across different retail products, including: shopping centers, malls, ground-floor urban retail and suburban store fronts.
- Which markets are leading the way with deals, foot traffic and leasing? What are the differentiators in those areas?
- Owners, developers, tenants, brokers and more will discuss in-demand areas ranging from New York City neighborhoods to cities on the East and West coasts.
- Get the inside scoop on what retail leases are transacting and what lease terms and length looks like in an unpredictable capital markets environment.
- Hear from designers, builders and engineers on designing the next wave of retails spaces and what tenants are looking for in their spaces in terms of technology and space layouts.
How you'll do more business:
Enhance your business by gaining a stronger understanding for the increased optimism for the retail sector, where deals are getting done and how this is impacting the future of mixed-use communities. Gain a better understanding of how the real estate industry can benefit from understanding how consumers are shopping and where they are spending time.
Who attends:
Investors, owners, developers, retail tenants, leasing brokers, capital markets brokers, retail end users, designers, contractors, architects, property managers, law firms and consultants.
Why should you attend:
Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.
For questions, recommendations, comments, or press inquiries please email our Director of New York Events, Chris Picher at chris.picher@bisnow.com.
To request disability-related accommodations, please contact audrey.sullivan@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Agenda
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
|
8:00 AM 9:00 AM |
Coffee, Breakfast & Networking
|
|
9:00 AM 9:45 AM |
Leasing Landscape: Inside Look into Terms, Tenant Growth & The Landlord's Approach
1. How leasing terms, concessions and deal structures are evolving as landlords balance risk, flexibility and long-term value.
2. Where tenant demand is strongest in NYC retail and how landlords are adapting strategies to attract and retain growth brands. |
|
9:45 AM 10:30 AM |
Modernizing Retail Stores Through Design, Technology & Innovative Store Layouts
1. How retailers are rethinking store design, layouts and experiential elements to drive foot traffic and in-store engagement.
2. The role of technology, data and omnichannel integration in shaping the modern retail environment. |
|
10:30 AM 10:45 AM |
Coffee Break & Networking
|
|
10:45 AM 11:30 AM |
Retail Investment, Acquisitions & Financing
1. Current investor appetite for retail assets in New York and how pricing, underwriting and return expectations are shifting.
2. How lenders and equity partners are approaching retail deals amid interest rate uncertainty and evolving fundamentals |
|
11:30 AM 12:15 PM |
What’s En Vogue in Retail: Growing Brands, Entertainment and Restaurants
1. Which retail, entertainment and food-and-beverage concepts are expanding and reshaping New York’s retail corridors.
2. How experience-driven uses are influencing tenant mix, leasing decisions and the future of brick-and-mortar retail. |
|
12:15 PM 12:30 PM |
Networking
|
Retail Projects & News
New tenants sign at North Bergen retail center
Dave's Hot Chicken makes Long Island debut
More retail leases signed at 10 Grand Central
Luxury gyms lead largest retail leases of 2025
Wonder food retailer continues rapid expansion onto Long Island
Nike's newest store in Brooklyn
Kimco Realty assets on Long Island
Urban Edge Properties announce $123.6M financing of Shoppers World
Union Square Hospitality continues its expansion
Marx Realty announced 27,000 sq ft of retail leases
Dave's Hot Chicken aims for 150 new locations a year
Urban Edge Properties gets another asset to 100% leased
Union Square Hospitality reopens iconic restaurant The View
AEW closes another grocery-anchored retail asset as part of a JV
Sponsors
PS - Want the attendee list for free?
Biscred gives you access to 6.1 million commercial real estate contacts and powerful filters built for CRE: search by industry, asset class experience, property count, job seniority, metros, and more. Book a demo today and get the attendee list for free when you mention this promotion.
Want to get a recap of everything covered at the event?
Purchase the post-event summary and get the highlights sent to you in a post-event summary. Purchase here.
