11.   Similarly, Thompson recently arranged for First Union to provide loans for four retail properties owned by Jemal.

12.   Stocks of REITs that own retail properties rebounded this year amid signs of recovery in the retail industry.

13.   The stocks of REITs that specialize in malls, shopping centers and other retail properties have performed worse than other types of REITs.

14.   U.S. Power Group has been in court-appointed receivership since November and has been trying to sell several retail properties in the United States and abroad.

15.   Weston Smith said the company has found in the past that its retail properties have exceeded the minimum when rents are reviewed.

16.   Yale is also managing its retail properties more aggressively.

17.   Meanwhile, investors should avoid investing in office space, shophouseand retail property, as concerns over the impending glut continue toemerge.