I’ve chosen to write about Orlando, Fla., for the next post in our Market Profile series. Kimco started investing in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford MSA in 1968, and now owns over 2 million square feet of leasable space across 17 retail properties in the area, including our most recent Orlando acquisition, Grand Oaks Village.… Read More

Many investors are squarely focused on the “Big Six” markets — the New York metro area; the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore corridor; Boston; San Francisco; Chicago; and Los Angeles. But we also see a great deal of opportunity and value in many other strong markets around the country, in addition to the Big Six.… Read More

Several factors are converging in 2012 to help the capital markets stabilize after experiencing significant volatility last year. Although some issues remain uncertain — particularly Europe’s financial struggles — several areas of the market are rebounding and gaining momentum. Here are seven capital market trends Kimco is watching in 2012, and how we see them impacting retail real estate throughout the year.… Read More

Welcome to our first acquisitions strategy discussion. Over the course of this blog series, we will give insight into a number of factors that influence an investor’s thinking when evaluating a shopping center acquisition. In addition, we are going to look at the 31 major metro areas Kimco invests in, and give a snapshot of the economic and social factors of each.… Read More

Hopefully you’ve read over Kimco’s fourth quarter and full-year 2011 earnings press release. Overall, our results were solid and showed improvement in several crucial areas, including FFO (Funds from Operations), operating metrics, and occupancy levels.

But if you haven’t had a chance to read our press release yet and are looking for some of the highlights, we thought we’d recap our financial results and core business operations for the quarter and year on our blog.… Read More