Retailers face a tight race for quality store space

Developers built almost 140 million square feet of new retail space between 2002 and 2008 and only about 20 million square feet in the years since then, according to a report from ChainLinks Advisors. The trend might make sense in light of the recession and the shift to online shopping, but demand for Class A space has been up in some markets for several years and retailers are increasingly scrambling to find quality space, the report says. Read the Business Insider story inside