Steven Paletz joins Pless Law Firm LLC as senior associate attorney.

McWhinney promotes Beth Johnson to senior vice president and deputy general counsel.

Michael Ray joins McWhinney as executive vice president and general counsel.

Chelsea Rooney joins Anderson Hallas Architects as project manager.

Megan McIver joins Dietrich Partners as director of client services.

Michael DiSimone joins CGI Real Estate Strategies as director of acquisitions.

Norris Design promotes Matt Roth to associate.

Norris Design promotes Scott Curry to associate.

While retailers have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, year-over-year U.S. retail sales are up 0.6% (August 2019 to August 2020) including e-commerce. When excluding e-commerce, U.S. retail sales were down, but only by

COVID-19 has universally impacted all industries, and retail commercial space is no exception. Often when a disaster hits the global economy, commercial real estate feels the effects later than other industries; however, due to both the