February 1, 2006
Departments
MALL WALK: Dueling Projects
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Managing Editor
The development pipeline for large-scale retail projects had slowed to a trickle. So it was with great fanfare that two big projects debuted in Richmond,...
TRAFFIC PATTERNS
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
HOT DESIGNER BRANDS Polo Ralph Lauren, Coach and Calvin Klein are the top three designer brands purchased by consumers with annual incomes of $500,000...
EXPERT ANALYSIS: Watching Your Back
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, BY TARA A. SCANLON
Cotenancy, once only used by tenants to assure concessions or even the right to terminate a lease if an anchor leaves a mall, are increasingly found in...
Traffic Reports
Food Fight
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, David Bodamer
Just as the Sears/Kmart and Federated/May mergers underscored the diminishing role of department stores (and therefore danger signs for the traditional...
Cycling Forward
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The office sector continues to recover but has yet to reach equilibrium in most U.S. markets. Multi-family is roughly at equilibrium, while the industrial...
Shopping Under The Influence
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Visitors to Bill Hallman's Original boutique in Atlanta drink Peroni beer while shopping. It seems drinking doesn't just lower inhibitions it also loosens...
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Vestar broke ground last month on its 1.3 million-square-foot Tempe Marketplace in Tempe, Ariz. The $200 million project is the largest brownfield cleanup...
Cerealisciously Delicious
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Beth Karlin
It's always Saturday morning at Cereality. At the fast-food chain, pajama-clad servers offer more than 30 varieties of cereals (from Oatmeal to Lucky...
Back In Action
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, Patricia Kirk
After several years of sitting out the acquisition market, Glimcher Realty Trust has jumped into action. In the last month, the Columbus, Ohio-based REIT...
Private Eyes on Retail
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, David Bodamer
Private equity money continues to pour into the retail sector. In January alone, Sports Authority and Burlington Coat Factory were purchased by private...
IN PROGRESS: The Shops At Atlas Park
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Location: Queens, N.Y. Developer: A&C Co. Design Architect: Theodore Amenta Size: 300,000 square feet Cost: $200 million Stores: New York Sports Club,...
Walgreens Goes Green
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Drugstore chain Walgreens seems to be taking its name literally. The company recently reached a deal with ImaginIt Inc. to install solar electric systems...
Rent Control
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
NAI Global's annual real estate report shows that retail rents in all sectors made huge jumps across the board. Downtown rents, for example, jumped more...
CB2 Branches Out
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Crate & Barrel has taken a very patient approach to rolling out its CB2 concept, which features chic, but low-cost furniture more in the mold of Ikea....
BUSINESS DEALS
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Macquarie CountryWide Trust purchased an additional 10 percent stake in the First Washington portfolio from joint venture partner Regency Centers Corp....
All Aboard
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
New England Development has partnered with Cabot, Cabot & Forbes and Commonfund Realty Inc. to develop a 4.5 million-square-foot mixed-use complex, including...
Wal-Mart Watch
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The nation's largest retailer remains a massive target from multiple fronts. In one of the most damaging shots to the company to date, the Maryland legislature...
Further Down the Spiral
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, David Bodamer
Mills Corp.'s situation continues to rapidly deteriorate, even in the face of sweeping changes senior management put in place in response to a series...
MIXED USE: Biscayne Shores Village
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Location: Miami-Dade County Developer: The Dynamic Group Urban Planner: Dover, Kohl & Partners Size: 135,000 sq. ft., retail; 55,000 sq. ft., office and...
Beep My Valentine
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Forget chocolates on Valentine's Day. A new survey shows that most men would prefer to receive electrical gadgets. Iogear Inc. surveyed 607 male and female...
Features
House Of Cards
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Bodamer
There's always been a level of skepticism surrounding lifestyle centers. In an industry not known for innovation, suddenly a new mold has taken hold....
Retail Rebirth
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Renée DeGross
The big word consolidation prompted big changes in the retailing universe last year. The industry watched Federated Department Stores gobble up May Co.,...
Mississippi Rising
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jennifer Popovec
(This the second in a two-part series. In January, we looked at rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.) Taco del Mar master developers Fred Vosloh and Scott...
Pop-Up Shop
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Koch
This past November, Wired magazine pitched a pretend tent in a vacant storefront in New York's SoHo neighborhood to promote the latest in its advertisers'...
Retail Condos Come Of Age
Feb 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By David Koch
Could the 300,000-square-foot Los Angeles Fashion Center (or L.A. Face) be the future of retail development? Located in the city's Downtown Fashion District,...
