Continued population growth a good sign for retailers

Jeff Dervech sees retail development slowing even as demand from consumers increases.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 6, 2023
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Jeff Dervech, president of Dervech Real Estate (Courtesy photo)
Jeff Dervech, president of Dervech Real Estate (Courtesy photo)
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1. Jeff Dervech is optimistic about the retail real estate environment on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The Tampa-based executive says the population growth the state has seen in the past couple of years will continue to create demand, which means retailers will want to come into Florida and those already here will want to expand.

But that’s not necessarily easy because “there’s really, really high barriers to entry.”

 

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