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

There are several factors anchoring our thinking as to how 2012 will play out for the retail real estate market. We look at the market trends that have shaped and are continuing to shape the industry, the economic climate domestically and abroad, as well as activity happening in our portfolio and the trends we’re seeing among our tenants.… 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

The Kimco team, including employees, board of directors, and other associates, headed to Wall Street on Nov. 3 to ring The Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange. 15 Kimco employees — including our founder, Milton Cooper — gathered on the NYSE podium to honor 20 years of trading under the ticker KIM.… 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

Kimco founder Milton Cooper bet his company during the dark days for real estate in 1991. He brought it public, marking the first REIT IPO in a long time. Today, 20 years later, the Kimco community is celebrating that watershed moment for the company and the REIT industry.… Read More