The Matthews Podcast

Author: Matthews Real Estate Investment Services

Matthews Real Estate Investment Services, a commercial real estate investment services and technology firm, presents the Matthews Podcast. A podcast dedicated to providing you with professional insight on the latest news, trends, and topics impacting the commercial real estate industry. The podcast delves into the world of commercial real estate, arming brokers, investors, developers, leasing agents, and capital market professionals with the information necessary to take their business to the next level. Matthews redefines what clients expect by accelerating the evolution of how the commercial real estate industry services clients through technology. The firm holds recognition as an industry leader in investment sales, leasing, and debt and structured finance. Strategically position with over 400 real estate professional in 13 offices across the United States, Matthews continues to expand into new markets. For more information, please visit https://www.matthews.com/.
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West Coast Shopping Center Trends with Matt LoPiccolo
Episode 51
Thursday, 11 December, 2025

In this episode of The Matthews™ Podcast, host Matthew Wallace kicks off the publication takeover series with the National Shopping Center Report, breaking down the West Coast market with Matthews™ Senior Vice President Matt LoPiccolo.With deep experience across West Coast retail investment sales, LoPiccolo explains what is driving deals today, from cost of capital and cap rate movement to how leasing costs, execution risk, and tighter financing conditions are reshaping the value-add playbook.Wallace and LoPiccolo also examine pressures influencing underwriting across the region, including rising operating expenses, tax reassessment impacts, rent resets, and post-COVID build-to-suit rent levels ,and what those trends signal for the next phase of retail on the West Coast.