By @SteveBrownDMN and the Dallas Morning News
Despite the recent closings of some big box stores, Dallas-Fort Worth retail vacancy has dropped the lowest level in more than 30 years.
At midyear 8.4 percent of North Texas shopping and retail space was empty, according to Dallas-based real estate firm Weitzman Group.
The last time the shopping center market was so tight was in 1984 when 8 percent of the market was vacant, the Dallas-based real estate firm said.
“We are blessed with growth and thousands of new jobs,” Bob Young, Weitzman Group executive managing director. ” I really don’t see any red flags for D-FW’s retail market.”
At the worst of the recession in 2009, about 14 percent of the local shopping center market was empty. Read More >
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