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As the preeminent advisory firm in the retail real estate industry, RCS Real Estate Advisors reports a steady flow of successful client engagements with leading retailers across North America. We’re also actively engaged in industry events and activities that help keep us at the leading edge of retail real estate issues, and frequently share our insights through a variety of communications with clients, including a newsletter prepared by our partners.
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Press Releases
RCS deal will keep all Ann Taylor, Loft, and Lane Bryant stores open in Simon malls
NEW YORK, NY – March 2, 2021 – After Sycamore Partners’ Premium Apparel unit bought Ascena Retail Group for $540 million in a Chapter [...]
RCS Real Estate Advisors Facilitates Successful Agreement Between Premium Brands and Simon Property Group
NEW YORK, NY – March 2, 2021 – New York-based RCS Real Estate Advisors, a premier retail real estate advisory services firm, is pleased [...]
Trend Watch: Ivan L. Friedman
New York, NY – February 2021 – What a year 2020 was!! It had already been obvious that mall traffic, pre-COVID, was declining sharply [...]
Aurify Brands Engages RCS to Assist in the Restructuring of Le Pain Quotidien
New York, NY – January 29, 2021 – New York-based RCS Real Estate Advisors has been engaged to provide pre-acquisition analysis and post-acquisition restructuring [...]
Congratulations to Valued Client True Religion on Successful Portfolio Restructuring
New York, NY – November 4, 2020 – RCS Real Estate Advisors would like to extend our congratulations to our valued client True Religion [...]
Cole Haan Retains RCS Real Estate Advisors to Execute COVID-19 Negotiations
New York, NY – June 2020 – RCS Real Estate Advisors is pleased to announce their retention by Cole Haan. Due to the COVID-19 [...]
UNTUCKit Assisted by RCS Real Estate Advisors for Real Estate Restructuring
New York, NY – April 15, 2020 – New York-based RCS Real Estate Advisors has been retained by fashion retailer UNTUCKit to restructure their [...]
RCS Congratulates Forever 21 on Successful Restructuring
New York, NY – March 1, 2020 – RCS Real Estate Advisors would like to congratulate our valued client Forever21 for a successful restructuring [...]
JackRabbit Partners with RCS Real Estate Advisors in Expansion Efforts with the Purchase of Olympia Sports
New York, NY – January 15, 2020 – RCS Real Estate Advisors’ client, JackRabbit, has expanded its engagement with RCS with the acquisition of [...]
Forever 21 Retains RCS Real Estate Advisors as Real Estate Consultants
NEW YORK, NY – August 14, 2019 -- New York-based RCS Real Estate Advisors has been retained by prominent worldwide fashion retailer Forever 21 [...]
RCS Real Estate Advisors Scores Fourth Consecutive Industry Award with M&A Advisors’ Cross Border Deal of the Year
June 2019 – RCS Real Estate Advisors is being recognized by The M&A Advisor as a winner of the award for Cross Border Deal [...]
GAP Inc. Retains RCS Real Estate Advisors for Real Estate Restructuring
National retailer Gap Inc. has retained New York-based RCS Real Estate Advisors to facilitate the restructuring of company’s specialty fleet. RCS Real Estate Advisors [...]
RCS Real Estate Advisors Hires Veteran Executive Ed Coury as Managing Director
April 17, 2019 - The New York-based retail consulting firm, RCS Real Estate Advisors, has bolstered their team of real estate professionals with the [...]
TMA Awards RCS Real Estate Advisors for Transaction of the Year
September 2018 – RCS Real Estate Advisors is being recognized at the 30th Annual Turnaround and Transaction of the Year Awards for their contribution [...]
RCS’ Ivan L. Friedman Quoted in Bloomberg Article
Excerpted from an article in Bloomberg, July 6, 2018, by Lauren Coleman-Lochner and Eliza Ronalds-Hannon Mall Tenants Had an Out When Giants Like Macy’s [...]
It’s Not an Apocalypse, But It is a Changing Time in Retail
NEW YORK, NY – June 7, 2018 – Ivan L. Friedman, president and CEO of RCS Real Estate Advisors, has seen his share of real estate cycles. [...]
Vitamin World Acquired by Feihe International After Successfully Emerging from Chapter 11
NEW YORK, NY – February 5, 2018 – RCS Real Estate Advisors client, Vitamin World, announced today that it has been acquired by Feihe [...]
RCS Real Estate Advisors Receiving Restructuring Deal of the Year Award from The M&A Advisor for Second Consecutive Year
December 2017 – The M&A Advisor has announced that RCS Real Estate Advisors has been recognized in the 16th Annual M&A Advisor Awards for their [...]
RCS Real Estate Advisors Retained by Vitamin World, DIP as Real Estate Advisor
NEW YORK, NY – September 12, 2017 – New York-based RCS Real Estate Advisors, has been retained as real estate consultant by the premier nutrition-driven vitamin [...]
RCS Real Estate Advisors Helps Bebe Avoid Chapter 11
NEW YORK, NY – May 4, 2017 – Retained by Bebe Stores, Inc. in March 2017, RCS Real Estate Advisors has successfully worked with [...]
