bricks and mortar

1 buildings, typically houses.

2 a house considered in terms of its value as an investment.

3 used as a modifier to denote a business that operates conventionally rather than (or as well as) over the Internet.

❶ 2012The Age Much of the cost of child-care fees includes the cost of land and bricks and mortar, that is land and buildings that have to be acquired to provide a dedicated child-care facility.

❸2013New Zealand Herald While in bricks and mortar stores most of the year's Christmas sales happen in the few weeks before December 25, in digital the holiday rush tends to happen earlier.