The Best Stories from Retail Traffic
Store Closings Could Double in 2009 (11/5)
Nov 5, 2008 2:06 PM
Circuit City’s announcement Monday that it was closing 155 stores, or 21 percent of its 721 U.S. locations....
2008 Top Contractors
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
For the second straight year Little Rock, Ark.-based VCC topped both the shell and interior space rankings as part of our annual look at the top contractors...
TOP 100 MANAGERS
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
1. Simon Property Group 225 W. Washington St.Indianapolis, IN 46204PH: 317.636.1600 FAX: 317.685.7270www.simon.comDavid Simon, CEO; Richard S. Sokolov,...
U.S. Retail Store Closures Flirting with Six-Year High
Jun 25, 2008 12:32 PM
Bankrupt home furnishing retailer Linens 'n Things' disclosure this week that it plans to dispose of 120 locations is the latest burst in the retail sector's growing flood of store closings this year that has industry's real estate disposition firms scrambling. ...
Could General Growth Be Sold?
Oct 1, 2008 2:37 PM
As the credit crisis drags on, debt-ladened General Growth Properties, the nation’s second largest regional mall REIT, may have no other choice than to sell the company. ...
Centro, GGP Find Ways to Hang On (12/3)
Dec 3, 2008 12:52 PM
Although the threat of bankruptcy continues to hang over Chicago-based REIT General Growth Properties and Melbourne-based listed property trust Centro Properties Group, both embattled firms have managed to dodge that fate thanks to recent moves. ...
Retail Construction Hits a Red Light
Jul 30, 2008 1:52 PM
Consumers are checking discretionary spending and, seemingly everyday, new retailers come out with announcements that they are filing for bankruptcy, shuttering stores and constraining expansion plans. ...
Real Estate Trade Groups Favor McCain Economic Policies (10/29)
Oct 29, 2008 11:52 AM
While commercial real estate associations cannot endorse presidential candidates, that isn’t stopping them from monitoring and assessing Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama’s prospective economic policies. ...
Grocery Anchored Centers Get Squeezed
Apr 9, 2008 2:21 PM
Owners and operators of neighborhood and community centers are unexpectedly bearing the brunt of escalating energy and food prices. ...
Shopping Center REITs Headed Down (11/12)
Nov 12, 2008 1:25 PM
Shopping center REIT performance continued to erode during the third quarter. Nearly half the shopping center REITs missed analyst estimates and several lowered their guidance for the remainder of the year. ...
