August 1, 2001
Departments
EDITOR'S LETTER: Energy winners, not whiners
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Elise Vachon
According to the experts, the first step to making everyone a winner in the energy game is to track energy costs and monitor consumption. This way there's...
QUICK HITS
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
Retailer roundup Bensalem, Pa. Charming Shoppes Inc. agreed to purchase Lane Bryant Inc., a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based The Limited Inc. for $335...
TRANSACTIONS
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
Contract awards Richmond, Va. Virginia Beach-based Divaris Real Estate won the exclusive leasing contract for downtown Richmond's River Lofts and Shops...
SHOWS & EVENTS
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE'S THIRD ANNUAL PLACE MAKING CONFERENCESeptember 10 & 11 Conference focused on developing urban, pedestrian-oriented projects that...
RETAIL REPORT: Sales figures of major retailers
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
For June 2001 Company Name Month 01Full $ Month 00Full $ Month 01Full % Month 01Comp % Month 00Comp % Specialty apparel American Eagle Outfitters 109.6...
NEW LEASES
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
BAA Pittsburgh Inc.Pittsburgh Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh: Soxx Shop, GNC, The Museum Co., The Original Oyster House. Stiles Corp.Fort...
DEVELOPMENT DIGEST
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
New developments Macedonia, Ohio Suburban Cleveland is the setting for the development of Northfield Crossing, a 381,850-sq.-ft. power center that will...
RETAIL DESIGN TRENDS: Retail down under
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, By Pat Matson Knapp
With a 160-year history, Australian retailer David Jones is one of the oldest department stores in the world. So when it set out to create its new prototype...
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
Design Vienna, Austria Putzi Beteiligungs und Handelsgesellschaft mbH, a locally based holding operations conglomerate, signed a licensing agreement with...
INDUSTRY PROS
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
S.R. Weiner Brian Sciera, former director of Gap Inc.'s Northeast real estate office, is the newest member of the Chestnut Hill, Mass.-based S.R. Weiner...
LEASE LANGUAGE: Critical rent clauses
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, By Nick Milburn
Equitably written, gross sales and percentage (overage) rent clauses play an important part in the administration of a retail lease. Negotiating clear...
Features
COMPANY PROFILE: Bucking the trend
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, By David Heaton
During the past year it seems hardly a day has gone by without at least one retail store either going belly-up or laying off its employees. However, some...
TECHNOLOGY EDGE (COLUMN): In high gear
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Joel Groover Associate Editor
Precept Corp. combines face-to-face interaction and an Internet-based delivery system to facilitate the commercial lending process for lenders, brokers...
AREA REVIEW: Florida's warm front
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Patti Connor
As retail across the United States braces itself for stormy weather, development in Florida sails smoothly along. Florida could be described as the ultimate...
CONSUMER TRENDS: Get in, get out! It's a guy thing.
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, W. S. Moore III
Men don't shop. As Paco Underhill, consumer trend watcher and author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (Touchstone Books, 2000), puts it, Men are...
AREA REVIEW: Being there
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, By Paula Stephens
Here's a riddle: What regional market is so desirable that retailers take numbers to expand there yet this same market severely constricts retail development?...
Q&A: Stapleton takes off
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, By Steve Lewis
Forest City Stapleton Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises, was recently named master developer for 4,700 acres...
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT: Staying sharp
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Beth Mattson-Teig
Property managers are going back to school to sharpen their skills. The shopping center industry is pushing for ongoing education due to the evolving...
HOT TOPIC: Money in the middle
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Elyse Umlauf-Garneau
Ottumwa, Iowa, Paducah, Ky., Clarksville, Tenn. Few average Joes could easily pinpoint such places on a map. But as prime markets get leased and become...
AREA REVIEW: Hawaiian retail hangs ten
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Stephanie Flack
Although statistics from Hawaii's Department of Economic Development, Business and Tourism cite retail jobs on the rise in the Aloha State (at 117,350,...
SPECIFIERS GUIDE (SIGNAGE): Sign language
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM, Lisa Burford
Reinvention is often the key to longevity for shopping centers. Take Montgomery Village in Santa Rosa, Calif., for example. The open-air center has served...
SPECIFIERS GUIDE (FIXTURING): Fixture perfect
Aug 1, 2001 12:00 PM
Interlamwww.interlam-usa.com Interlam Inc. introduces its Zip Up brochure stand. The lightweight fixture has four compartments that hold brochures and...
