December 1, 2007
Departments
Editor's Letter: Credit Markets Crunch Commercial Real Estate
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
The industry has grappled with understanding the effects of the credit crunch since the summer. Up until now, the dominant view has been that the market...
Traffic Patterns
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
A rough month in the stock market sent most retail REITs into negative territory for the year. RETAIL REIT SCORECARD Symbol...
Traffic Reports
Saluting Sam
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Officials in Kingfisher, Okla. Sam Walton's hometown have erected an eight-foot-tall bronze statue saluting the founder of the world's largest retailer....
Foreign Intrigue
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Innovative foreign-based apparel retailers ringing up brisk sales in the United States and turning their stores' inventories faster than a fashion model...
Globe Trotting
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
The trend of U.S.-based developers going international continued last month with three firms making big announcements about overseas initiatives. CBL...
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Edens & Avant started construction on Forest Park, a 53,300-sq.-ft. neighborhood shopping center in Greenville, S.C. Opening is scheduled for the summer...
Money Talks
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
This summer's credit crunch brought the days of easy money to an end and the commercial real estate industry is still suffering a hangover from that party...
BUSINESS DEALS
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
U.S. Capital Holdings, LLC appointed Koniver Stern Group as co-leasing agent for the retail component of 321 North, a $350 million mixed-use project in...
Urban's Big Buy
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Urban Retail Properties, LLC, one of the country's largest third-party managers of retail space, got back into the acquisitions game with its purchase...
IN PROGRESS: Techno Mart Queens
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Location: Queens, N.Y. Developers: A joint venture of Kingsbridge-Jamaica Co., LLC, HRH AC Development Group, LLC and Prime Construction Co. Ltd. Cost:...
Double Bill
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
In an effort to offer its Lansing, Mich.-based customers an extended line of products, Midwest department store chain Younkers agreed to house two of...
For The Masses
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Real estate investment used to be the province of the wealthy and the super wealthy, but a new firm wants to make it a viable option for the middle class....
Features
Resizing Retail
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Anne Field
Uncertainty reigns. For much of the past decade the retail real estate industry has been marked by a mood of unbridled triumphalism. Retail sales crested....
Project Greenlight
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
In the summer of 2006 an engineering consultant came to the regional offices of Regency Centers Corp. in Walnut Creek, Calif., to preach the benefits...
Retail Headwinds Stiffen
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
With retail construction starts totaling approximately 301 million sq. ft. nationally in 2007, the shopping center industry is reporting robust development...
RETAIL DEVELOPMENT LISTINGS
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Our listings were compiled through an online survey. Respondents were asked to list their total redevelopment pipeline, including square footage, number...
RETAIL DEVELOPERS SHOWCASE
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
There are a slew of retail and mixed-use projects slated to open in 2008. Respondents to our survey submitted more than 100 projects that will debut in...
Southwest
Tesco Touches Down
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lauren Shepherd
For two years the industry has been abuzz in anticipation of Tesco's landing in the Southwest United States. Some pundits ballyhooed the arrival of the...
Management Office
Heavy Influence
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
With department stores facing a new round of struggles stemming from lackluster 2007 sales and bleak forecasts for 2008, regional mall owners remain on...
Helping Hands
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jennifer Popovec
Retail real estate is a social industry. An office or industrial developer isn't concerned with engaging trade areas or drawing in traffic to keep retailers...
Expert Q&A: Reversal of Fortune
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Michael Frankel
This year, for the first time, there are more publicly listed REITs in the rest of the world combined than in the United States, according to a November...
