"From a retailer’s standpoint, the top markets in this index could be really hard to break into because of lack of availability and high rents. Some that jump out to retailers wanting to expand into a market with several locations are Raleigh, Nashville and Dallas, where rents are more stable and there’s phenomenal population growth."

-Barry Wolfe, senior managing director of Marcus & Millichap, in an interview with Chain Store Age for its report on M&M’s 2019 National Retail Index under the headline, “Seattle, San Francisco and Raleigh top M&M’s National Retail Index.