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Shut Down

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik

When rumors surfaced in July that the mid-price department store chain Mervyns was on the brink of entering bankruptcy proceedings, the news hit landlords...

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July 2008

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Editor's Letter: Seeking the Truth

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine

As business journalists covering retail real estate, one of the toughest tasks we have is attempting to accurately gauge the mood of the industry. Retail...

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Traffic Patterns

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

A rough month sent retail REIT stock prices plummeting. Only four firms posted gains. RETAIL REIT SCORECARD Symbol Price* 52-week High Chg 52-week Low...

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Traffic Reports

Summer School

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik

As retailers shift into high gear for the all-important back-to-school shopping season, mall owners and operators looking to boost sales at their centers...

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Skating in the Desert

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Temperatures in Dubai in July often average more than 100 degrees....

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Dollar-and-a-Half Stores?

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Inflation is taking its toll on dollar stores. Many of the small mom-and-pops can no longer afford to sell goods for that cheap, forcing many to raise...

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Projects & People

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Brody Co., Inc. and Zimmer Development Co. will develop Mayfaire Town Center, a $200 million, 400-acre, mixed-use project in Wilmington, N.C. Ernst &...

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Centro Clears Hurdle

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik

As it continues to wrestle with a mountain of debt, Centro Properties Group, a poster child of the credit crunch, on Tuesday announced the sale of the first piece of its 106.5-million-square-foot U.S. portfolio...

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Starbucks Loses Ground

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

The announcement that coffee giant Starbucks plans to close 600 stores 500 more than CEO Howard Schultz had talked about earlier this year is unwelcome...

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In Progress: Prasada Power Centers

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Location: Surprise, Ariz. Developers: Westcor, WDP Partners and RED Development Size: 1.4 million sq. ft. Anchors: Best Buy, Petco, Target and Wal-Mart,...

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Antiwar Protest at the Mall

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

In March on Long Island, N.Y., a man was arrested and removed from a mall when he wouldn't remove an anti-war shirt he was wearing. Now local protest...

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Out of Order

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Nearly a year after it began, the credit crunch gripping financial markets is no closer to resolution. The losses are too large for the market to right,...

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Business Deals

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

CB Richard Ellis negotiated the sale of the Boardwalk at Andersen Springs, a 92,231-sq.-ft. neighborhood shopping center in Chandler, Ariz., from BOAS...

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Smoldering CMBS

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

When the credit crunch first broke in earnest last fall and froze the U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market in its tracks, ...

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New South Street

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM

General Growth Properties unveiled its vision for a revived and renovated South Street Seaport in New York City....

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Features

Shut Down

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik

When rumors surfaced in July that the mid-price department store chain Mervyns was on the brink of entering bankruptcy proceedings, the news hit landlords...

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Small Center Transformations

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mike Janssen

The soft real estate market has made investors and lenders wary of backing high-risk ground-up developments. Redevelopments, however, remain in vogue....

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Carnival Atmosphere

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jennifer Popovec

It's said confidence is a turn-on. U.S. and Canadian investors drawn to Brazil's retail real estate certainly bears that out. Despite the worldwide economic...

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Florida's Sweet Spot

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Patricia Kirk

A depressed housing market and record-high gas prices have officially plunged Florida's economy into recession, according to local economists. But a bright...

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Management Office

In Your Face

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik

They started as a way for college students to connect with their peers without getting off the couch, but today social networking sites are gaining momentum...

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After Dark

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik

What happened this summer at the Metrocenter Mall, in Jackson, Miss., was one of the worst nightmares for the center's property manager, Boise, Id.-based...

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Expert Q&A: A Changing Landscape

Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, CHRIS SCIORTINO Director of Baird Investment Banking

Before the credit crunch, private equity firms were active investors in buying out retailers and real estate companies. That all came to an abrupt halt...

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