Mississippi Business Journal » Brian Estes http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The ‘Dollar Guys’ accelerating as other retailers hit the brakes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/the-%e2%80%98dollar-guys%e2%80%99-accelerating-as-other-retailers-hit-the-brakes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-%25e2%2580%2598dollar-guys%25e2%2580%2599-accelerating-as-other-retailers-hit-the-brakes http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/the-%e2%80%98dollar-guys%e2%80%99-accelerating-as-other-retailers-hit-the-brakes/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:56 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=36498 Admit it, you’ve said it after seeing a “Grand Opening” sign draped over a store awning: “Another day, another dollar (store).” What may have escaped your notice is that some of the new deep discount stores are getting a bit larger and showing up in more affluent locales. They’ve moved well beyond the retailing of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/the-%e2%80%98dollar-guys%e2%80%99-accelerating-as-other-retailers-hit-the-brakes/feed/ 0 Dealing on a lease becomes the art of the tug-of-war http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/dealing-on-a-lease-becomes-the-art-of-the-tug-of-war/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dealing-on-a-lease-becomes-the-art-of-the-tug-of-war http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/dealing-on-a-lease-becomes-the-art-of-the-tug-of-war/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:00:48 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=34142 Tenants shuffling around in search of long-term, attractive lease deals Metro Jackson’s office tenants are tending to stay put but are seeing a lot of “value alternatives,” a term the leasing trade applies to affordable opportunities to upgrade to a better space or move to larger quarters. Those value alternatives have to come in mighty [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/dealing-on-a-lease-becomes-the-art-of-the-tug-of-war/feed/ 0 Slight occupancy decline, submarkets on the rise http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/slight-occupancy-decline-submarkets-on-the-rise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slight-occupancy-decline-submarkets-on-the-rise http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/slight-occupancy-decline-submarkets-on-the-rise/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:00:14 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=34144 Combined average rate drop of 10 cents leaves Metro landlords hoping the bottom has been reached Downtown’s Central Business District and the Highland Colony submarkets kept metro Jackson from achieving positive net absorption of office space in the third quarter, though more than a quarter million square feet counted in the downtown survey is not being [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/slight-occupancy-decline-submarkets-on-the-rise/feed/ 0 Market has landlords coveting their neighbor’s retail tenant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/market-has-landlords-coveting-their-neighbor%e2%80%99s-retail-tenant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=market-has-landlords-coveting-their-neighbor%25e2%2580%2599s-retail-tenant http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/market-has-landlords-coveting-their-neighbor%e2%80%99s-retail-tenant/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:43 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=33260 Recession and over-supply of space intensifies competition for tenants. In the give-and-take of retail space leasing in metro Jackson, today’s tenant takes and the landlord gives. With too many buildings either entirely empty or half empty, landlords are making deals they hope they don’t live to regret. And they are happy to take from their neighbors, [...]

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