Brick-and-mortar retail owners and operators are some of the most resilient, creative, and entrepreneurial people in business. Over the years, they defined the business “pivot.” They pivoted for the rise of big box retailers, e-commerce, and social media. And if it’s difficult to pronounce phygital, imagine implementing it as a new business process?

But will 2020 become the most challenging year retailers have ever faced?

With a global health pandemic still evolving, racial unrest, and an economic downturn leaving all of us with a very uncertain future, how many retailers will recover? What will it take for retailers to recover? How will lenders pivot when rent payments are not being collected? What is working in retail right now? How will vaccination deployment impact retailers? What will winter holiday sales data tell us? How will the suburban retail fare over cities next year? What is the current Downtown DC experience? How do retailers ensure and sustain diversity, equity, and inclusion at all levels of their organizations in 2021 and beyond?

We have assembled a diverse group of thoughtful retail and economic development experts to begin to answer these questions (and your own) as we enter 2021. Make this the first educational real estate industry event you participate in 2021. Join DCBIA Commercial Office & Retail Committee Co-Chairs Curvin Leatham, President of Area Probe and Derek Ford, Senior Vice President of Emerging and Underserved Neighborhoods, Washington, DC Economic Partnership for a discussion on the challenges and future of retail.

Retail Performance and Outlook

Melina Cordero | Managing Director – Retail Capital Markets | CBRE

Liz Holland | Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, Abbell Associates

                         Chief Executive Officer, Layercake

Panelists

Neil Albert | President & CEO | Downtown DC BID

Bobby Boone | Founder & Chief Strategist | &Access

Derek Ford, Senior Vice President of Emerging and Underserved Neighborhoods | WDCEP (moderator)

Freddie Lewis Archer | Owner | Lewis Real Estate Services

Nicole Quiroga | President & CEO | Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Cynthia Stewart | Vice President of Community Engagement | Retail Strategies

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