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Retail in Russia

By Doug Cornelius

In last week's Wall Street Journal, there was an article on Developers Diversified Realty Corp.'s plan to expand into Russia: Mall Developer Targets Russia. I found the statistic on retail space to be really interesting. In Russia, the volume of shopping space per 1,000 inhabitants makes up about 420 square feet, according to Maxim Karbasnikoff, European Director, Russia, at brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle. In contrast, there is 25,758 square feet of shopping space available for every 1,000 people in the U.S. It makes me want to head out to the Chestnut Hill Mall and mark off my own 5 feet square of space in the courtyard. Disclaimers

Full post as published by Real Estate Space on July 30, 2008 (boomark / email).