David Smith
CPA Firm Partner
David Smith is a CPA firm partner with a deep understanding of the intersections between retail financial health and commercial real estate strategies.
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Is the Decline of Department Stores a Retail Story — or a Signal About What Happens to Commercial Real Estate When an Anchor Tenant Business Model Stops Working?When department stores close, it’s not just a retail story — it can crater an entire shopping center’s value. Howard Davidowitz, Kathy Haan, and David Smith debate whether the anchor tenant collapse is a failure to innovate, a commercial real estate time bomb, or both.