Mississippi Business Journal » Brooks Holstein http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Still distressed centers to acquire – but process can be stressful http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/still-distressed-centers-to-acquire-but-process-can-be-stressful/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=still-distressed-centers-to-acquire-but-process-can-be-stressful http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/13/still-distressed-centers-to-acquire-but-process-can-be-stressful/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 06:01:33 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=56988 Conventional wisdom says opportunities to buy distressed retail centers have been erased by the slow but steady economic rebound of the nation and region. An initial inspection of the retail landscape may support that thinking. But Bob Flowers, state director of the Alabama-Mississippi division of the International Council of Shopping Centers, thinks otherwise. “We think [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/winds-of-change/feed/ 2 Coast lags behind in latest consumer confidence ratings http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/07/coast-lags-behind-in-latest-consumer-confidence-ratings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-lags-behind-in-latest-consumer-confidence-ratings http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/07/coast-lags-behind-in-latest-consumer-confidence-ratings/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=32897 Survey done by Mississippi State’s Economy Watch student publication Like every other small business on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, Comvest Properties in Biloxi has seen its bottom line affected by the summer’s oil spill. Comvest develops retail outlets in South Mississippi and Louisiana. Just as it was for the tourism industry, retail development slowed considerably in [...]

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