Retail's Long Reach

Things are looking up when once bypassed locations like Somerville are on the radar for retailers. This morning, a standing room only crowd of 350 came to Bisnow?s Retail Summit  at the Hyatt Regency to absorb knowledge from a panel representing the whole industry spectrum, from large format to specialty.
Our able moderator, Posternak Blankstein & Lund?s Jo-Ann Marazullo, guided Federal Realty Investment Trust?s Don Briggs, Centro Properties Group's Barry Rodenstein, Target?s John Griffith, Chipotle?s Bradley Toothman, UrbanMeritage?s Michael Jammen, Linear Retail?s Bill Beckeman, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority's new director Peter Meade. The panel seemed to agree that big cities are the place for retailers to be. Back to Somerville: its demographics have been skewing toward young professionals, the city government is welcoming, and here's a big one: it's getting additional rapid transit service. Take the edge off returning from the holiday weekend by reading full event coverage in Tuesday?s Bisnow.

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