During the first half of the year, only 145,200 square feet of retail space, mostly strip centers and free-standing buildings, has been completed, according to a second-quarter report from Colliers. "No one is building vacant retail space right now," said said Ted Gonsior, managing director/market lead at JLL. Across the metro, the retail vacancy in the metro at the end of June was 5.8%, according to Colliers, which tracks large retail buildings (not including large shopping malls). General retail, which includes freestanding, street front-style retail spaces and accounts for roughly 60% of the total inventory, had the lowest vacancy rate at just 1.1%. Though it's not in a traditional retail building, Nylin's shop has big windows, plenty of parking and an exterior door that opens onto a courtyard.