Pop-ups: an opportunity for landlords to solve the issue of empty shops

Through the power of the pop-up, previously underutilised sites could be “transformed into vibrant commercial hubs.”

Commercial landlords should embrace pop-up stores if they are to weather changing shopping habits and prevent valuable spaces from lying vacant, a real estate agent says.

Pop-up stores – the temporary conversion of an empty space into anything from a commercial outlet to an art gallery – have surged in popularity in recent years, and have become a permanent part of the retail landscape in major shopping centres in the US and Europe.