January 1, 2008
Departments
Editor's Letter: Too Far, Too Fast
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
The meteoric ascent of Centro Properties Group from a company few were familiar with a decade ago to a firm that controls one of the 10 largest portfolios...
Traffic Patterns
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
SOLID FOOTING Centro Property Group's troubles in mid-December set off alarm bells for investors in other publicly traded retail real estate firms. However,...
Traffic Reports
A Modest Proposal
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
When Anna Mazzitelli sat down on Santa's lap at the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto, Ontario, she got a very unexpected gift: a marriage proposal from longtime...
Credit Woes Hit Retail
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
The credit crunch has certainly slowed things down for the retail real estate industry as evidenced by a drop in deal flow and the scaling back of some...
Not All Deals Are Off
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
There has been a slowdown in the volume of retail properties trading hands in recent months, but that doesn't mean all wheeling and dealing has drawn...
Projects & People
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Plise Development & Construction, LLC broke ground on City Crossing, a $2 billion, 126-acre mixed-use project in Henderson, Nev. When completed, the project...
Best of Traffic Court
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
West Edmonton MallMovie Gets PannedDavid BodamerDecember 5th, 2007 Christmas in Wonderland, a new movie that we wrote about in May filmed largely at the...
In Progress: Cityscape
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Location: Phoenix Developers: RED Development, CDK Partners and the Barron Collier Company Size: 2.5 million sq. ft. Cost: $900 million Opening: 2009...
Land on Shaky Ground
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Back when new development was proceeding at a fever pitch, entrepreneurial investors snatched up land parcels in areas poised for future growth. With...
Business Deals
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Levin Properties acquired six New Jersey shopping centers totaling more than 1.25 million sq. ft. of space from Federal Realty Investment Trust. Levin...
New Standard
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the largest providers of property management services in the United States has agreed to acquire the Chicago-based Standard...
In Progress: The Grand
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Location: Los Angeles Developer: The Related Companies Size: 3.6 million sq. ft. Cost: $3 billion Ground-breaking: Fall of 2008 Buzz: The vertical mixed-use...
ICSC New York Report
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Staff Reports
After a rough few months that saw the credit markets seize, a slowdown in investment sales and what was forecast to be a lackluster holiday shopping season,...
And Odd Punishment
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM
A Willow Springs, Ill., woman was charged with endangering the life of a child after she left her 6-year-old son alone at the Chicago Ridge Mall to teach...
Features
It's Contagious!
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
When commercial real estate pros in the U.S. rolled out of bed on Monday, December 17, they were greeted with a shock: Centro Properties Group, an Australian...
Talking Points
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Bodamer
Last month's tragic shooting at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., in which a disturbed teen killed eight people and wounded five others before turning...
Outlets Grow Upscale
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Riccardo A. Davis
To get a sense of just how much the outlet shopping center world has transformed in the past decade, one need look no further than to the radical ups...
Frozen in Place
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jennifer Popovec
The credit crunch has had a profound chilling effect on investment for much of the retail real estate sector. When the crisis first began, players in...
Management Office
Foreign Intrigue
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Mike Janssen
Investors and analysts may find little reason to cheer about the weak U.S. dollar, but the currency's weakness means big gains for shopping centers and...
Cashing in on Brownfields
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Buck Wargo
Vestar Development took a chance with a former landfill, junkyard and foundry as the site for its Tempe Marketplace. After spending $40 million and nearly...
On and Off the Web
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Take a look at Sephora's 2007 holiday catalog. On page 47 it urges shoppers to give a box of 10 perfume samples as a gift and the recipient will also...
Expert Q&A: Who's Accountable?
Jan 1, 2008 12:00 PM, PAUL T. KINNEY Executive Director of the National Retail Tenants Association
In the wake of last month's shootings at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, the retail industry is searching for answers as to why, for the third time in 2007,...
