Hannah HammondFounder & CEO, HB Capital & The Firm RE · CEO of HB Capital | Helping CRE Developers & Investors Fund Deals Nationwide | Host of The Hannah Hammond Show

Do you think E-commerce will take over retail shopping? 🤔👇

Name: Do you think E-commerce will take over retail shopping? 🤔👇
Uploaded: 2025-09-18T19:07:17+00:00
Duration: 40 s
Channel: Hannah Hammond
Description: Hannah Hammond argues that despite expectations of a "retail apocalypse" after the rise of Amazon and e-commerce, retail vacancy rates are currently at…

18 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Hannah Hammond argues that despite expectations of a "retail apocalypse" after the rise of Amazon and e-commerce, retail vacancy rates are currently at historic lows. She attributes this resilience to demand for physical destinations and the growth of mixed-use developments (retail on lower floors with multifamily and other uses above), as well as office conversions into such mixed uses.

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Everyone predicted the retail apocalypse after the age of Amazon and online shopping. So why are retail vacancy rates at historic lows? Well, lots of factors here. Yes, E commerce is a real thing. Lots of shopping is done online. However, there is still a need and a desire for somewhere to go. And this is tied into office as well. They're converting and evolving into mixed use developments, and these are the ones that are really thriving. So mixed use development is where you have retail maybe on the bottom, then you have above that, then you have multi family above that. So you're kind of bringing multiple asset classes into one community that brings all the people together.