Real Estate Insights: A behavioural approach to shopping centre investment resilience

Purpose To examine the resilience of shopping centre investment performance in the face of innovations and disruptions. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on introspection. Findings Shopping centre allocations have declined over time in part due to uncertainty surrounding the property type triggered by the challenges associated with innovations and disruptions. Research limitations/implications Investors have under-allocated to the shopping centre industry due in part to a lack of understanding of market fundamentals and fear of underperformance. Practical implications Discussion of the behavioural nature of the real estate market and the resilience investments have demonstrated applying the stimulus-organism-response framework. Social implications Society would benefit from additional capital infusions to the shopping centre property class. Originality/value This paper calls attention to the importance of understanding shopping centre fundamentals and resilience in the face of continuous challenges.