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As a leader in the retail real estate industry, the experts at Baker Katz are often called on by local, regional and national media to comment on retail and development trends. Check out our latest news coverage.
Aug
30
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5Qs for broker Kenneth Katz on Houston, the nation’s retail build leader

With residential construction on the rise, as well, Katz figures the Clutch City to be a retail destination for years to come. Houston is hot! Well, temperature-wise, of course. But it’s been America’s most torrid retail
  • Chain Store Age
  • Houston
  • market trends
  • Development
  • Kenneth Katz
Apr
03
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Why retailers are embracing fixed CAM costs

It’s been an eventful few years for the retail industry, to put it lightly. While our industry is changing in visible ways in response to post-pandemic pressures and opportunities, there are some lesser reported, but increasingly
  • Fixed CAM
  • Chain Store Age
  • Kenneth Katz
Sep
09
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5Qs for Jason Baker about retail expansion in Houston

Houston is big and getting bigger, says one of the top retail real estate brokers in the market. Retailers looking to expand in the Lone Star State think Dallas first. The rampant corporate and residential expansion
  • Food & Beverage
  • Chain Store Age
  • Houston
  • Jason Baker
Oct
08
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5Qs for Jason Baker about Houston

Born and raised in Texas, a graduate of Texas A&M, and having spent 15 years serving retailers in the Houston market as a principal of the Baker Katz real estate brokerage, Jason Baker knows the Lone
  • Chain Store Age
  • Jason Baker
May
21
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10 Under 40: The Dazzling Dozen

Selecting the 10 Under 40 class is one of our most difficult annual duties and many worthy nominees don’t make the final cut. Here are 12 of the worthiest. Chris Ressa, 35Chief operating officer, DLCAs a
  • Chain Store Age
  • Neal Wade
Jul
10
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Discounting new discount concepts

With off-price player like Marshalls, T.J. Maxx, and Ross Stores entrenched as favored anchors for shopping centers, traditional anchors like Macy’s are finding it harder than they imagined to get in on the act. There’s more
  • Jason Baker
  • Chain Store Age
  • retail
May
25
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A fresh take on ‘Retailtainment’ and future of fun

Retail has been the foundation of shopping centers throughout their existence, but new entertainment concepts are making inroads in traditional retail venues. Even in mixed-use venues, it is generally accepted that a critical mass of traditional
  • Chain Store Age
  • Momentum Indoor Climbing
  • Ben Brown
May
01
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Ones to Watch

Jeff Moats, age 36, Partner, Broker, The Shopping Center Group “I have the pleasure of working with a diverse portfolio of clients and develop­ing long-term relationships with them on both a personal and professional level. Looking
  • Chain Store Age
  • Neal Wade
Apr
20
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Retail Real Estate Insights. For Retailers. By Retailers.

It is appropriate that Salt Lake City, Utah — a place that has been called “America’s Climbing City” — is home to an experiential retail concept that aims to be nothing less than America’s climbing gym:
  • Chain Store Age
  • Momentum Indoor Climbing
  • Ben Brown
Jul
02
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Baker Katz Acquires Houston Property

Houston-based Baker Katz, an X Team International partner and full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced the acquisition of a 2.12-acre property with an existing 13,000-sq.-ft. office building located near the cross streets of U.S. Highway
  • Chain Store Age
  • Neal Wade
  • property acquisitions
  • development deals
Jun
30
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The Lone Star Statement

It might seem counterintuitive to suggest that Houston, the nation’s fourth most populous city, is ever in danger of being overlooked, but the reality is that, for a long time, this rapidly growing Texas metropolis has
  • Jason Baker
  • Chain Store Age
Apr
30
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HOT MARKETS, HOT GROWTH CONCEPTS

Co-authored by X Team International partners Julie Solomon of Atlanta-based The Trilogy Group, LLC; James McCandless and Herb Heiserman of Washington, D.C.-based Streetsense; David Larson of Denver-based Legend Retail Group; and Jason Baker of Houston-based Baker
  • X-Team
  • Chain Store Age
  • Jason Baker
Mar
11
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Baker Katz acquires former Baytown Seafood site

Baker Katz, an X Team International partner and full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced the acquisition of the former Baytown Seafood establishment situated on 30,000 sq. ft. of land in Houston. The property is located
  • Chain Store Age
  • Neal Wade
  • property acquisitions
Aug
14
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INFILLING STATION

Houston’s ongoing retail development evolution is evident in new leasing trends and patterns of urban infill The story of Houston, Texas has added some exciting new chapters in recent years. With low unemployment, a booming economy and one
  • Houston landscape
  • Chain Store Age
  • market trends
  • Kenneth Katz
  • Jason Baker
Aug
08
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American Melting Pot

Houston’s Hispanic population is at the heart of the city’s retail evolution. The second of a three part series. A city with a booming population, one of the nation’s lowest unemployment figures, and an expanding presence
  • diversity
  • Chain Store Age
  • Kenneth Katz
  • Jason Baker
Jul
24
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Houston’s Mission: Control

Retail development amidst the ongoing emergence of an iconic national city The first of a three-part exclusive series To the extent that it can be said about the nation’s fourth most populous city, Houston has been
  • Chain Store Age
  • Grocery
  • market trends
  • Kenneth Katz
  • Jason Baker
May
16
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Changing Perceptions

By Jason Baker & Dave Chetham Toward the end of 2008, it became painstakingly obvious to retailers that impulse spending was out and frugal saving was in. Faced with an imminent recession, staggering job loss and quickly
  • market trends
  • Jason Baker
  • Chain Store Age
  • discount retail
Apr
04
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Baker Katz Buys 4 Properties

Baker Katz Buys 4 Properties in Houston Metro Area Houston, Texas — Baker Katz has acquired four retail properties throughout the greater Houston area — in the neighboring cities of Port Arthur, Lake Jackson, Beaumont and
  • Chain Store Age
  • development deals