Survival of the Varied
May 1, 2006, By Rick Kuhle
Once upon a time, shoppers knew that if they wanted to relax and shop at specialty and department stores, they would need to visit the local mall. For...
Root, Root, Root For Your Home Team
Nov 1, 2005, By Marc Hequet
If you build it, they will come. Or so a disembodied voice told Kevin Costner's character, Ray Kinsella, in Field of Dreams, encouraging him to create...
Next Stop: Suburbia
Oct 1, 2005, By Jennifer Popovec
Balancing briefcases and steaming cups of coffee, commuters stream onto the train waiting at the Plano Station in suburban Dallas. The riders are just...
Transit Hubs: the Next Generation Lifestyle Centers
Oct 1, 2005, BY JOHN L. WALDRON
Retail models have traditionally mirrored the lifestyles of shoppers. As retail developments evolved over time through strip malls, enclosed malls and...
Feathering the Nest
Aug 1, 2005, By Jennifer Popovec
For the past several years, the hotter-than-hot housing market has given an enormous boost to home improvement and home fashion retailers. Fixing up and...
Checking In
Jun 1, 2005, BY MARK HEQUET
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. was on a mission. Making its ICSC convention debut in full force last month, the hospitality chain was eager...
Mega-Mall Mania
May 1, 2005, Joe Gose
Four years ago, Arlington, Va.-based Mills Corp. was fitting a proposed discount mega-mall in New Jersey's Meadowlands for a casket. The REIT began working...
Padding the Rent
May 1, 2005, BY COREY BIALOW
Pads and outparcels were once considered the exclusive territory of freestanding restaurants and/or banks, which agreed to height restrictions and no...
BUILD NOW OR PAY MORE LATER
Mar 1, 2005, BY DAVID BODAMER
In May 2003, CIM Group Inc. finalized plans to build The Market in Los Angeles. The 360,000-square-foot mixed-use project was budgeted at $50.4 million...
Canada's Newest Retail Giant
Mar 1, 2005, Frank Skinner
Forty miles north of Montreal in a sleepy farm community called Mirabel, Rubin Stahl, the former president of the West Edmonton Mall along with Connecticut-based...
