Westfield is the latest in a string of mall developers and landlords whose firms have begun adding non-retail uses to existing retail properties.

This September and October, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers' stock price was hovering at or around a five-year low of $23 to $25 per share.

Grocery stores have an opportunity to increase ROI and become retail anchors of the future by adapting infrastructure to a rapidly changing consumer model.

The brand can expand to 300 stores in the U.S., industry experts claim.

If JLL’s projection becomes reality, the U.S. would lose about 18,000 of its roughly 90,000 bank branches.

The bonds will be sold through a Wisconsin agency, the Public Finance Authority, that specializes in acting as a conduit for risky debt.

The next occupiers of the vacated spaces run the gamut, sources say, from specialty retailers to service providers to entertainment concepts to industrial and office tenants.

When and where will we see the impact from the store closures?