Take Charge of Your Business Mix! Whats the problem? BACKGROUND - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Take Charge of Your Business Mix! Whats the problem? BACKGROUND - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Take Charge of Your Business Mix! Whats the problem? BACKGROUND Whats the problem? BACKGROUND Whats the problem? BACKGROUND There is a solution BACKGROUND How did we get here? BACKGROUND Retail and transportation BACKGROUND
What’s the problem?
BACKGROUND
What’s the problem?
BACKGROUND
What’s the problem?
BACKGROUND
There is a solution…
BACKGROUND
How did we get here?
BACKGROUND
Retail and transportation
BACKGROUND
Retail and transportation
BACKGROUND
Retail, marketing & media
BACKGROUND
Retail, marketing & media
BACKGROUND
Demand
SITING ELEMENTS
Trade Area
SITING ELEMENTS
Tenant (retailer) goals
SITING ELEMENTS
- Mall, strip center, or CBD site
- Minimum on-site parking
- Minimum square footage
- Minimum frontage
- Preferred co-tenants
- Minimum household income
- Minimum population density
- Minimum traffic counts
- Minimum pedestrian counts
- Presence of a target population
And other things…
Landlord goals
SITING ELEMENTS
- Collect rent demanded (or
meet sale price)
- “Triple net” rent, so taxes
and utilities are paid directly by tenant
- Avoid obligation of
improvements
- Limit uses of the building
(often: no food)
Downtown Manager’s goals
SITING ELEMENTS
- Create an optimal retail mix
- Fill existing vacancies; avoid
future ones
- Have all stores follow common
business hours
- Have evening business hours
- Appealing storefronts;
harmonious design
- Harmonious, effective signage
- Support for maintenance of
common areas
- Collaborative marketing
- Collaborative events to attract
visitors And other things…
START RECRUITING!
Break
Grow relationships
STEP ONE
What does your district want to be?
STEP TWO
Know thyself
STEP THREE
Take inventory
STEP THREE
Goods Svs Rest VACANT NOT RETAIL Retail category Business/ Name # Street City Zip Contact Name Notes SF Owner Occupied Rent/yr Rent/SF 1 FS restaurant Trout & Troll Restaurant 172Lackawanna Dr Stanhope 07874 Brad Boyle Boyle rents this, but- wns and operates
- Dr. Cruz & Dr.
- pposite Shop Rite;
- window. This retail
- perated by Center
- Dr. Stephanie
Try to cut the red tape
STEP FOUR
Try to cut the red tape
STEP FOUR
Be proactive with the media
STEP FIVE
Be the go-to source
STEP SIX
REVITALIZE YOURSELF!
Lunch Break
Get market data
STEP SEVEN
Some things aren’t coming back
STEP SEVEN
Some things aren’t coming back
STEP SEVEN
Demographics
STEP SEVEN
Supply and demand
STEP SEVEN
Psychographics
STEP SEVEN
Build a list
STEP EIGHT
Build a national list…
STEP EIGHT
… or a distinctive list
STEP EIGHT
Accentuate the positive
STEP NINE
The Panasonic HQ in downtown Newark hosts about 1,250 employees, who generate an average if $129/week/person in local
- purchases. That totals over
$8.3 million in local sales for retail goods and services/year.
Source: ICSC Report “Office Worker Spending in a Digital Age” by Niemira and Connolly, 2012
Create marketing materials
STEP TEN
Get the word out
STEP ELEVEN
Get your brokers involved
STEP TWELVE
Host tours
STEP THIRTEEN
Facilitate negotiations
STEP FOURTEEN
Celebrate success!
STEP FIFTEEN
Repeat!
STEP FIFTEEN
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