Development: Site Selection
Retail development site selection information and analysis for retail stores, shopping centers, malls and other retail use real estate.
Staying In The Moment With Demographic Trends (2/18)
Feb 18, 2009
As economic indicators across the U.S. change by the hour, retailers find themselves in a world where site selection decisions have become extremely challenging...
A Closer Look: J. Crew Continues to Grow with Madewell
Feb 18, 2009
There’s no doubt about it – it’s tough out there for apparel retailers...
News & Notes (2/18)
Feb 18, 2009
With the recession appearing to worsen and consumer spending grinding to a near-halt, retailers continued to struggle in February...
Trimming the Branches (1/8)
Jan 8, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
Consolidation among commercial banks will lead to shuttering of branches as organizations look to prune portfolios....
Targeting Systems
Jun 1, 2008, Riccardo A. Davis and Elaine Misonzhnik
There's a heated battle between firms trying to one-up each other in providing the most comprehensive and useful data to aid developers and retailers...
CASE STUDY: Site Unseen
Jan 1, 2007, By Elaine Misonzhnik
These days, real estate professionals talk about site selection as a science. With more data available than ever before, it's possible to find the wealthiest, most densely populated and under-retailed intersections anywhere in the country....
Site Seeing
Aug 1, 2006, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Online providers are racing to create the best site selection software....
Data Wars
Jun 1, 2006, By David Bodamer
On the eve of last year's ICSC Convention in Las Vegas, CoStar sealed a deal to purchase mall data supplier National Research Bureau from publisher VNU....
CoStar Takes Deep Plunge into Mall Data Ocean
May 22, 2006, By David Bodamer
On the eve of last year’s ICSC Convention in Las Vegas, CoStar sealed a deal to purchase mall data supplier National Research Bureau from publisher VNU. To hype the industrial/office data company’s move into the retail market, CoStar hired a model to pose as a bride with visitors to the CoStar booth, where they could enter a contest to win a Porsche Carrera Cabriolet....
The Site Ace
Sep 1, 2004, Marc Hequet
Recapturing overlooked markets, particularly those where minority-dominated, inner-city neighborhoods have been underestimated, will be an important factor...











