Web-Based Retail: The Asset Manager’s Perspective

“Web-Based Retail: The Asset Manager’s Perspective”
Globe Street – Sept 14, 2018

The ever-changing retail landscape—you know, the virtual one, marked by no landscape at all–doesn’t faze Bryan Furze, VP of asset management for Federal Realty Investment Trust. He knows his team of in-house and third-party property managers need to stay on top of their game to ensure the retail experience drives consumers to the REIT’s 105 major-market shopping centers. Or, as he puts it, “When someone decides to drive somewhere, I want them to think of my location first. That’s our primary goal as asset and property managers.” Lesser beings might throw up their hands at that goal, given the growing sway of internet shopping.