Hill Partners Inc. was recently featured in Shopping Center Business in an article titled “Open Air Centers Continue Dominance” where Robert H. Spratt, Jr. was interviewed. Read on for an excerpt of the article or click here for the whole article.

How are you working to make the open-air shopping environment more attractive to consumers?

Hill Partners focuses on weaving our projects into the fabric of the community through a combination of initiatives including keeping the merchandising plans fresh with new retailers, restaurants, and other synergistic uses such as specialty fitness uses, services and entertainment uses. While the COVID-19 pandemic delivered some challenges for most industries, it did have a silver lining for some of our properties such as weeding out weaker retailers, and opening attractive spaces for retailers like Sephora, lululemon, Locesac, and Athleta to name a few. Additionally, we continue to invest in place-making programs to provide outdoor living room spaces for people to engage, unwind, and enjoy face-to-face conversations again with friends.