Retail Reincarnation
Jan 1, 2006, By Beth Karlin and David Koch
Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay was home to the Pacific Fleet in World War II. In Washington, D.C., a triangular 1941 building at a busy intersection...
An Historical Perspective
May 1, 2005, BY ANDY FRANKL
New York City's history is rich with real estate, with some of the country's most legendary buildings located in the five boroughs. As expected, New Yorkers...
From Drugs to Riches
May 1, 2005, Peter Hochstein
Some years ago, a narcotics dealer bought the old Westover shopping center in Charlotte, N.C. Evidently, according to police, his idea was not so much...
MAKE OVER TIME
Feb 1, 2005, BY MARK HEQUET
Redevelopment is going full blast, construction barriers block passageways and dust from drywall is settling in customers' hair. All too often, a messy...
EXTREME MAKEOVER
Sep 1, 2004, By Anne Knowles
According to the well-worn axiom, the Huntington Beach Shopping Center had it all. The covered mall, Southern California's oldest, built in 1966, was...
Temple of Domesticity
Apr 1, 2004, By Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA
The evolution of Chicago's Medinah Temple into one of Bloomingdale's largest standalone Home + Furnishings stores is a retailing success story that has...
Breaking Up The Box
Feb 1, 2004, By Patricia Kirk
Architecturally, there's nothing compelling about the common big-box structure. Like an old refrigerator, it serves a purpose. But when it becomes obsolete,...
Cities Are Afraid of The Dark
Feb 1, 2004, Patricia Kirk
The growing problem of big-box castaways is so widespread that cities are forcing retailers even before they move into an area to agree to move-out terms....
Canadian Stadium's New Leaf
Dec 1, 2003, Ira Breskin
Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens is set to become a retail emporium by early 2005. The sale of the 100,00-square-foot hockey arena to Canadian supermarket...
To Demolish or Not to Demolish
Nov 1, 2003, By Joy Armstrong
Is it better to renovate or rebuild? That is the question facing developers and retailers as aging shopping centers and freestanding stores need to be...
