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For a decade, the headlines called it the retail apocalypse. The data now says something different. Join Newmark's Head of U.S. Retail Research, Brandon Isner, and Lightstone DIRECT's Head of Capital Formation, Jonathan Spitz, for a data-driven look at how retail quietly became one of the strongest performers in commercial real estate while almost no one was watching.

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Jonathan Spitz is the Head of Capital Formation at Lightstone DIRECT, where he oversees fundraising and business development activities associated with Lightstone’s real estate investment platform. With more than a decade of experience in private real estate, Jonathan specializes in helping high-net-worth individuals, RIAs, and family offices access institutional-quality multifamily and industrial opportunities. Before joining Lightstone, Jonathan spent five years at Origin Investments, where he played a key role in scaling the firm’s capital raising efforts among RIAs, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

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