How Retail Design Is Becoming Social Infrastructure with Greg Lyon

What keeps people coming back to physical spaces in an increasingly digital world? In this episode of I Hear Design, Robert Nieminen speaks with Greg Lyon, chairman and president of Nadel Architects, about how retail and mixed-use environments are being reimagined as places for connection, culture, and community. Lyon explores why brick-and-mortar retail continues to evolve rather than disappear, how dining and entertainment have become essential anchors, and what architects can learn from successful urban districts when designing modern “third spaces.” The conversation also touches on authenticity, local identity, and why the most compelling destinations today are those that give people a reason to linger.

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How Retail Design Is Becoming Social Infrastructure with Greg Lyon is an episode from Interiors+Sources Podcast by interiors+sources.

This episode is 53:30 long.

This episode was published on May 25, 2026.

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