David Ahn, CCIM, CPM, VP Asset Services at MEI Real Estate Services, is featured in the cover story of the CCIM Institute June 2013 CIRE magazine. In the cover story, Shopping Center Shift, David Ahn provides input on current retail tenant trends and future expectations for shopping centers and shopping center owners/investors. The article discusses tenant changes, the upsurge in the online retail world, declines in single-tenant stores like Barnes & Noble, an increase in quick- service restaurant franchises like Starbucks, and the overall relationship to the consumers’ increasing need for convenience and simplicity as the younger generations ‘ buying power increases. Click the story link to read more about this topic, and to hear what David Ahn has to say.