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The refrain of doomsday headlines are endless: “Retail Is Dead,” “Inside The Retail Apocalypse,” “Is Retail Coming Back From The Dead?” “The Retail Bloodbath Continues” and our favorite, “Retail Is F*cked.” To be sure, brick-and-mortar retail is in the throes of a seismic shift fueled by the rise of e-commerce and the changing needs of modern shoppers who demand a fresh experience — and need a very good reason to power down their computers.

There have been winners and losers during the sea change, as evidenced by the 300-plus retail bankruptcies filed this year. The Limited's stores are gone. Payless is closing hundreds of locations. HhGregg is gone. RadioShack may take its final breath this year. But is retail dead? Dying? Doomed? It depends on how you look at it. We spoke to 28 commercial real estate leaders across North America to ask them a simple question: Is retail really f*cked?

Click here to read their answers.

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Residential Component Of Aertson Midtown Opens

Indianapolis-based Buckingham Cos. has completed the residences of Aertson Midtown, its mixed-use development adjacent to Vanderbilt (and named for an ancestor of Commodore Vanderbilt). The property offers 350 residential units: 24 studios, 215 one-bedrooms, 99 two-bedrooms and 12 three-bedrooms, with…

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Music Label Signs Lease At Planned Panattoni Building On Music Row

The music label BMG inked a lease for about 25K SF at 1 Music Circle South, a project planned for Music Row by Panattoni Development Co. Work on the development, involving the demolition of a building on-site, is slated to…

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Boomers Look To Real Estate To Afford Retirement

As many as 10,000 baby boomers retire daily. Members of this generation are increasingly looking to real estate to help solve their retirement situations.

Many boomers have realized their retirement plans are not sufficient and have turned to alternative investments, such as real estate, to compensate. About 30% of baby boomers have no retirement savings and one-quarter have less than $50K saved, according to research by GoBankingRates.

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Chief Happiness Officer Sounds Like A Bad Sitcom Title But It's What Your Workers Want

The Japanese and the French have the least engaged workforces in the world. India and the U.S. the most. But across the world, workers think their employers should have someone dedicated to their happiness in the workplace.

JLL asked more than 7,000 mainly office workers in 12 countries how they felt about work and how their working environment affected them. Gone are the days when workers just looked for money, security and benefits from a job. JLL said what people want today can be broken down into three key categories: engagement, empowerment and fulfillment.