Retail Fights Perception Problem

The late, great comedian Rodney Dangerfield used to famously complain, I get no respect. The U.S. retail real estate industry must be feeling the same way these days. Of the five major commercial real estate property types, retail received the lowest investment rating in Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2011, an annual forecast published jointly by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers.