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Despite what we have all heard in the National Press about the dismal state the US Retail sector is in  – what with the Recession, rising Unemployment and  – gasp – the American Consumer actually saving money again …

There are some bright spots in Retail as reported in a Globe Street article this week. And these could be the only bright spots in Retail Real Estate this year …  it is worth taking a peek at this list.

Overview:  “Though the International Council of Shopping Centers predicts that 150,000 stores will shutter this year, the association also noted that between 105,000 and 110,000 stores will open in 2009″

Here are some of the companies opening new stores this year – they fall in to several categories … Discount, Foreign Companies with their first US stores, services and food. Check it out … this is a very interesting list.

• Foreign:
  • British designer Karen Millen
  • Swedish chain Filippa K
  • Canadian store Aritzia
  • South Korea’s Who A.U.
  • Japanese Uniqlo
• Discount:
  • American Apparel
  • The Buckle
  • Cato 
  • TJX which includes TJMaxx, Marshalls, Winners, HomeGoods, TKMaxx, AJWright, and HomeSense
• Food:
  • Panera Bread 
  • Tesco’s Fresh & Easy concept 
  • Wal-Mart also is joining the fray, opening smaller stores 
  • Harris Teeter 
  • Wegmans 
• Services – daycare:
  • Crème de la Crème 
  • Children of America
• And Others:
  • Flip-Flop Shops
  • Gateway Newsstands
  • lululemon athletica
  • Cabela’s
  •  Monkey Joe’s

Hope your next project includes one of these anchors. Here’s to your investing success.

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