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The category has been growing since mandatory shutdowns and changing shopping patterns caused by COVID-19 led shopping center owners to change their mix of tenants, said Barrie Scardina, president of retail services in the Americas for real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield.

After college, Myers built furniture for a living but, according to York, “always had a remarkably sharp eye for real estate and land.”

Neither did anyone, underage or not, who had posed for real nude photos, only to see them be released against their will.

“They say, ‘Nobody has ever done it, for real, the way I do it,’” he added.

“This is a positive thing for real estate, but not for the whole community,” Yongsakul said.