January 1, 2010
Departments
Making Adjustments
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic
Retail real estate survived the most trying year in its history. But there's still plenty to worry about. There will be no return to business as usual...
The Block 37 Saga
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
On Jan 22., a judge ordered the handover of the 285,000-square-foot retail component of the Block 37 mixed-use project in Chicago from Joseph Freed &...
Traffic Patterns
NEW OUTLOOK
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
It ended up being a decent year for retail REITs. Of the 28 companies listed below, 17 ended the year with stock prices above where they ended 2008 while...
CONTINUING TO GROW
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
CMBS delinquencies stood at nearly $38 billion at the end of November 2009 according to Realpoint. Monthly Delinquencies May-08 $4.01 Jun-08 $4.18 Jul-08...
Tenant's Perspective
On the Fast Track
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Mango, a Barcelona-based seller of fast fashion that fits roughly in the same mold as H&M, Forever 21 and TopShop, has dreamt of making inroads in the...
Combo Platter
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Lauren Shepherd
In an effort to become more prominent in markets where they currently operate, five U.S. and Canadian restaurant chains Bruegger's Bagels, Fazoli's Restaurants,...
Becoming Mobile
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM
As mobile technology changes the way consumers shop, more and more retailers are investing in mobile Web sites. Since last September, at least a dozen...
Features
Mall of the Future
Feb 2, 2010 3:16 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
What a shopping trip might look like a decade from now. ...
Expanding Retailers Begin to Look at Big-Box Spaces, but Supply Outstrips Demand
Jan 6, 2010 1:53 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Up-and-coming big-box tenants are starting to absorb excess space that drowned the market in late 2008 and 2009....
Retail Contractors Expect Business to Remain Slow in 2010.
Jan 25, 2010 4:25 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
The outlook for retail construction will begin to stabilize this year, but it will likely be a long road back to the volume contractors completed in the mid-2000s. ...
Change of Scenery
Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Apparel seller New York & Co.'s January 11 announcement that it plans to open up to 25 outlet stores in its fiscal 2010 is a sign of the times for the...
Management Office
New Year Brings New Leadership at Retail Real Estate Firms Enacting Succession Plans
Jan 13, 2010 11:22 AM
The beginning of the new decade brings with it a changing of the guard at a few of the most prominent retail real estate firms in the United States, including Developers Diversified Realty Corp., CBL & Associates Properties Inc. and the Cafaro Co....
Mall Owners Are Giving Food Courts and Common Areas a Facelift.
Jan 14, 2010 5:02 PM, By Mike Janssen
Designers of today’s food courts and other common areas at regional malls draw inspiration from other spheres such as spas, hotels and lively cityscapes—and notably not the food courts of yesteryear. ...
