Clockwise from upper left: Daniel Shallit, director of Northeast development at the Sports Authority, Dennis Bachman, a senior real estate representative for Wakefern Food, Bronx Terminal Market, Larry Rose, a principal with advisory firm RK Realty Advisors, Patrick Smith, vice president of real estate for BJ’s Wholesale Club, Michael Shanahan, vice president of real estate at Burlington Coat Factory, and developer Ken Narva

Developers have built too much parking garage space in some of the city’s newest mall developments including the Gateway Center at the Bronx Terminal Market, according to real estate professionals speaking at a panel this morning at the International Council of Shopping Centers New York convention.

Parking floors are sitting mostly empty in some projects even as the overall mall might do well, the retail owners and brokers said.

“What that really tells you going forward is that there is a case to be made that you don’t necessarily need as much parking if it is just urban vertical retail,” said Larry Rose, a principal with advisory firm RK Realty Advisors.
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