by the agency of the first eight mo...

by the agency of the first eight months of this year, an estimated $40 billion was exhausted in the retail building sector for either strange construction or the reconstruction and of existing space. This total was 88 percent greater than during January-August of 1999 and better than the solid 66 percent construction spending increase recorded during 1999

The supply-demand fundamentals of this market sector argue for at least a certain quantity of modest pullback in development during the month and years ahead. However, it hasn't materialized.

Given a longer-term perspective, it should be pointed revealed ...