Retail Live!

Last chance to save! Retail Live! FOCUS Midwest pricing increases tomorrow. Don’t miss your chance to connect with expanding retailers and industry pros at the best deal of the season. Register now at retaillive.com or link in bio. #retaillive #retaillivemidwest #commercialrealestate #brokers #landlords #developers #retailers #expandingretailers

Happy Boss's Day to the one who makes the chaos look easy and the hard days look fun. We are so thankful for you! Stacey Mooney

The descriptions of Sytes I heard at Retail Live! Nashville are still making me laugh "Wait...so tenants just draw circles where they want to be and I can see ALL of them? Like Pokemon Go but for tenants?" (Yes. Exactly like Pokemon Go but instead of catching Pikachu you're catching 10-year NNN leases with national tenants) "So it's like Tinder for tenants and developers?" (That was a broker after few beers.) Here's the thing though - every weird analogy they threw at me showed they GOT IT. They understood we're flipping the entire site submittal process on its head. No more brokers/developers/landlords blindly spamming tenants with sites. No more tenant reps drowning in irrelevant submissions. Just tenants saying "I want to be HERE" and landlords saying "I have exactly what you need RIGHT THERE." The truth is there were a couple of early adopters who used this to make a few million bucks and now the secrets out. All of a sudden everyone stopped asking how it works and started asking how to get on it. Best overheard conversation at our booth: "Now these guys just...show you where every tenant wants to be?" Yup, that’s it :) But my favorite description came from a tenant rep who's been using Sytes for months: "It's what we've always done, just without the BS." Couldn't have said it better myself. PS: that pic is of Jason Mitchell and I meeting for the first time in real life! He was the first person we ever demo’d Sytes to!

I won’t lie, today was one of those days I didn’t want to “network” or really talk to many people… but guess what?! I was at a packed event for Retail Live! And ran into some good friends and had some wonderful conversations with new people! Despite not wanting to network or be super social today, I showed up and really enjoyed myself! I also had a minute to collect my thoughts on this. Everyone loves to talk about motivation, passion, and “finding your why.” Let’s be real, that’s overrated. The real separator? Showing up when you don’t feel like it! That’s the line between winners and everyone else. Most people quit the second it gets inconvenient, uncomfortable, or boring. That’s why they stay stuck! You don’t need perfect conditions. You don’t need endless motivation. You need discipline. You need grit. You need the willingness to get up, suit up, and show up—no matter what!! Excuses don’t build legacies. Consistency does! So here’s the hot take: If you only show up when it feels good, don’t expect to win against the ones who show up every DAMN day… rain or shine!

Ever attended a Retail Live! ? Stacey Mooney & Erica Darling and their team always organize a great show. Strong excitement in Tennessee and surrounding Southeast states for retail and restaurant expansion. Looking forward to following up and discussing new retail and QSR construction methods for pad sites and local municipalities. #retaillive #retailrealestate #cre #retail #qsr #modular #offsiteconstruction