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ORLANDO - The annual International Council of Shopping Centers' (ICSC) Florida Deal Making Conference is the one-stop for education, networking and deal making, providing an opportunity for attendees to gain information about current industry issues, meet and interact with colleagues doing business in the same region and make deals. This year’s event, which takes place Aug. 26 – 28 at Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center. With brokers, retailers, product and service providers and other industry professionals in attendance, ICSC Florida Conference 2018 will showcase a wide range of products and services related to shop, retail and municipal sectors.The approximate number of exhibitors is over 250. Over 4,000 visitors are expected at this event. One of the biggest highlights of this annual event is the destination itself. Orlando has long served as a cultural center—a place where people not only flock to theme parks but spend lots of time shopping, too, making it a natur...

By MIKE BONTS REAL ESTATE WIRE ORLANDO, Fla. --  The dust has settled from a busy International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Florida Conference just concluded in Orlando. Across the United States, rents have been stable since 2012, with occupancy has steadily climbed more than 1.5 percent. Florida, however, has seen a slight growth in rents—driven primarily by the South Florida markets—with occupancy growth aligned with the nationwide trend. Looking back at the three day event held at the Orange County Convention Center: Healthy and growing. Those are two words used to describe the Jacksonville, Fla. retail market. But there is one quadrant of the city that is outperforming all the rest.  Cliff Taylor, a senior vice president at CBRE, told Globe St.'s Jennifer LeClaire that the  retail market is healthy and is growing. The vacancy rate fell to 9.2% in the second quarter of 2015, compared to 10% a year ago. The St. Augustine submarket, which is the lowest, r...

From the Orlando Business Journal In case you hadn’t noticed, the Sunshine State is in the midst of a love affair with the retail real estate market. That’s according to a new retail report unveiled on Aug. 31 by JLL President of Retail Brokerage Naveen Jaggi during the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Florida Conference at the Orange County Convention Center. Now that the Great Recession is well behind us, retailers are aggressively hunting for sites again and developers are reworking plans pulled off dusty shelves to bring more shopping and dining options to some of Florida’s most active metro areas.  Not only does that make the state more attractive to top talent, helping major employers retain and recruit, it also helps generate temporary construction jobs and permanent service industry jobs. Sidelines to scaffolding: Retail vacancy rates are down, ranging from an “ultra-low” 3.3 percent in the Miami region to 6.5 percent in Orlando. So, with retail s...