“Rooftops” aren’t enough for retail to thrive. Hotels? Now we’re talking 

Retail properties do better if they’re near a good mix of residential, office and hotels, experts said during a panel discussion at The Real Deal’s Miami Real Estate Forum Wednesday. The panel, moderated by TRD reporter Francisco Alvarado, featured Comras Company founder and CEO Michael Comras, JLL’s South Florida executive managing director of retail brokerage Zach Winkler, and Brett Damato, COO of Pura Vida Miami, a Miami-based restaurant chain that is expanding in the tri-county area. Residences alone aren’t enough to create the critical mass needed for a popular retail district that’s active most of the day, especially on weekday […]

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