Development: Construction
The retailer's and retail real estate industry professional's source for construction information on stores, shopping centers and other retail properties.
Construction Slowdown
Feb 1, 2009
The American Institute of Architects looked at forecasts from five sources to arrive at a consensus forecast for nonresidential construction in 2009 and...
Reversals of Fortune (1/15)
Jan 15, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Materials prices are coming down, but contractors face a shortage of work...
Stop Signals
Sep 1, 2008
Construction on retail real estate projects is coming to a screeching halt at projects across the country as developers reevaluate proposed centers' economic...
Market-Forced Delays
Sep 1, 2008, Jennifer Popovec
Riverside County's soft economic conditions have forced at least one developer to rethink plans to bring more retail space to the market. Caliber Retail...
Small Center Transformations
Aug 1, 2008, 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....
Retail Construction Hits a Red Light
Jul 30, 2008
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. ...
2008 Top Contractors
Jul 1, 2008
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...
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS
Apr 1, 2008
Some developers are going the extra mile to establish good community relations. In the case of a project in Fort Wayne, Ind., for example, Northbrook,...
Blast Off
Mar 1, 2008
Construction is scheduled to start in 2009 on a mixed-use waterfront project that will be the tallest building in Baltimore. ARC Wheeler LLC's skyscraper...
Cashing in on Brownfields
Jan 1, 2008, By Buck Wargo
Vestar Development took a chance with a former landfill, junkyard and foundry as the site for its Tempe Marketplace. After spending $40 million and nearly...
