Christine Mastandrea is COO of Whitestone REIT, which owns 55 shopping centers in Texas and Arizona. She discusses her unique philosophy about retail real estate; Whitestone's strategy of acquiring smaller, community-centric properties in high-growth markets; and how understanding neighborhoods through data analytics and psychographics drives their decisions. The conversation covers the increasing importance of health, wellness, and fitness centers as traffic drivers. Additionally, Christine shares her thoughts on teaching commercial real estate disruption at Rice University and the evolving retail landscape driven by Millennials and Gen Z. James Cook is the Director of Retail Research in the Americas for JLL. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Listen: WhereWeBuy.show Email: [email protected] Watch our video show, Everything We Know About Retail: http://everythingweknow.show/ Leave a message on the Where We Buy hotline. We may use it on an upcoming show. Call (602) 633-4061 Read more retail research here: http://www.us.jll.com/retail Theme music is Run in the Night by The Good Lawdz, under Creative Commons license.

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