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Consultant: Retail recruitment showing early traction after ICSC contacts
Summary
At the March 17 Miami City Council meeting Shannon of Miami Area Economic Development Services reviewed a three-year Retail Strategies contract, presented Placer AI foot-traffic data (including a figure of 'over 900,000 visits a year' for the Miami Walmart), and said outreach from a February ICSC show generated site requests from retailers and developers.
Shannon, representing Miami Area Economic Development Services, told the City Council on March 17 that the city’s three‑year engagement with Retail Strategies is progressing and is already generating promising retailer and developer interest.
“We entered into a 3 year contract with Retail Strategies to help us with retail development,” Shannon said, describing Year 1 as immersion and market discovery, Year 2 as ramped outreach and relationship-building, and Year 3 as the phase when site-level results typically appear.
He presented consumer and foot-traffic metrics drawn from a tool called Placer AI to illustrate Miami’s market strengths. Shannon said Miami’s Walmart records…
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