Sembler top executive 'cautiously optimistic' about future

St. Petersburg shopping center owner says demand, pipeline is strong

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 8, 2018
COURTESY PHOTO Sembler Co. CEO Ron Wheeler believes most retail landlords and tenants are "cautiously optimistic."
COURTESY PHOTO Sembler Co. CEO Ron Wheeler believes most retail landlords and tenants are "cautiously optimistic."
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The top executive at The Sember Co. is “cautiously optimistic” about the state of retail despite dire warnings about a “retail apocalypse” brought about by online shopping that some contend threatens to cripple the sector.

 

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