COLUMBIA -- The Columbia area’s retail market held steady through the first six months of 2008 despite a lack of slowdown in new-store construction, according to midyear reports by the area commercial real estate firms. While Colliers Keenan noted a small decline in occupancy — from 90.8% at year-end 2007 to 90.1 through June of this year — director of marketing and research Ryan Hyler remained confident about the state of the market.

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