The International Council of Shopping Centers is gearing up to host its 4th annual regional convention in Puerto Rico in February 2014, with an agenda of presentations that seek, among other objectives, to lay out opportunities for local retailers to export their goods and services, event organizers told this media outlet in an interview Monday.
Puerto Rico has more than 100 shopping malls, which generate about 20 percent more sales per square foot than their counterparts on the U.S. mainland.
Shopping center operators, such as DDR Corp., that manage a sizeable portfolio of malls are looking more toward remodeling existing properties rather than building new ones from scratch — a trend that will likely stick for the next two or three years, John Kokinchak, senior executive vice president of the company told News is my Business in a recent interview.
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