State Street slump
Dec 1, 2002, Matt Valley
The effort to revive State Street, the famous shopping district in the Windy City that includes such venerable institutions as department store Marshall...
RENOVATIONS TO THE RESCUE
Nov 1, 2002, By Barbara Nadel, FAIA
New store construction is steadily declining as developers and retailers put the brakes on expansion plans and wait for a stronger economy. In fact, U.S....
Santa Monica Place ready for a major redo?
Oct 1, 2002, David Sokol
Before Frank Gehry was the Frank Gehry of titanium-clad, international repute, the Los Angeles architect was a master of things disposable. The Gehry-designed...
Union Square gets green in overhaul
Sep 1, 2002, David Sokol, Associate Editor
San Francisco's Union Square has been a study in contrasts: while surrounded by the ritziest retailing in the city, the park's tall hedges disguised homeless...
Union Square: Will Greenery Attract Greenbacks?
Aug 7, 2002, — by David Sokol, Associate Editor
San Francisco’s Union Square has been a study in contrasts: while surrounded by the ritziest retailing in the city, the park’s tall hedges disguised homeless...
Selling your center's renovation
May 13, 2002
How do you make a bulldozer fashionable? That's a real marketing challenge I faced at SouthPark mall (where I work as marketing director) as we began...
RENOVATION TRENDS: Diamonds in the rough
May 1, 2002, Barbara Nadel, FAIA
Many underperforming properties are in need of a wake-up call and a new lease on business. As these examples in Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas illustrate, smart renovations can help turn around even the most dismal of retail centers......
Keep redevelopments on target
May 1, 2002, Andrew Trachman
Due to the shortage of land in many areas of the country, the increasing challenges involved in obtaining entitlements for ground-up development, and the evolution of shopping center design, many retail developers are focusing their efforts on redevelopment....
It's all about the experience
May 1, 2002, Yaromir Steiner
If legendary showman Cecil B. DeMille were still alive and directing not movies but shopping centers, I know he would have the attitude and passion necessary to compete in today's retail real estate environment. And today's shopping center executives would do well to think a bit like Cecil B. DeMille....
Breathe life into ailing centers
May 1, 2002, Michael Pollack
Is there any city or town in America that doesn't have at least one underperforming or unsightly shopping center in dire need of revitalization? To avoid market ills of the 1980s and to succeed in today's economy, more than ever there's the opportunity to preserve existing properties versus overbuilding with new product....
