mind your manners (and watch your head!)
Jan 1, 2000, Joel Groover
Some theme restaurants may be down for the count, but Steve Neumann couldn't be more confident about the future of his brainchild: a theme restaurant...
ramping up
Jan 1, 2000, Elaine DeSimone
teens may not be simply wandering the mall anymore. Yesterday's mall rats are today's energetic showmen of the skates, finding some bowls to dice it up...
Using Television Monitors to Interact with Shoppers
Jan 1, 2000, Brian Edwards
When your retail center is nearly 100% leased, where do you go for additional revenue streams? Ted Turner knows: Get control of the TVs. Whoever controls...
PERFECTING paradise
Jan 1, 2000, Brannon Boswell
She used to sell seashells by the seashore, but after 40 years of business in Honolulu, Ala Moana Center has moved on to Gucci swimsuits and Chanel sunshades.The...
CMBS Market Dampens Real Estate Cycles
Jan 1, 2000, Michael Fickes
Despite its relatively small share of the market, the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) sector tends to receive the lion's share of attention...
Edu-tainment: No Longer Just Child's Play
Jan 1, 2000, John L. Ecklein
although I'm not fond of words that play off of "entertainment," for the purpose of this article we'll leave it be. Edu-tainment, most often associated...
QUICK HITS
Jan 1, 2000, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
Facts & figures Washington, D.C. - Supermarket profits for the 1998-99 fiscal year dropped slightly from last year's record high - 1.03% from 1.22%, according...
Rave Targets 'Tween' Market
Jan 1, 2000, Elaine DeSimone
Even young girls just want to have fun. At least, that's what G+G Retail had in mind when it created its newest concept, Rave Girl....
The high-tech tools of retail construction
Jan 1, 2000, Beth Mattson-Teig
Contractors are building high-tech platforms to support the weight of hefty industry demands. A continuous flow of retail development, expansion and renovation...
TRANSACTIONS
Jan 1, 2000, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
Corporate Mergers Shopping center REITs Kranzco Realty Trust of Conshohocken, Pa., and CV Reit of West Palm Beach, Fla., recently signed a merger agreement...
DEVELOPMENT DIGEST
Jan 1, 2000, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
Major tenant happenings South Burlington, Vt. - The Bon-Ton opened in November at University Mall in South Burlington. The 60,000 sq. ft. full-line department...
A conversation with David Brain of Entertainment Properties Trust
Jan 1, 2000, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
SCW: How big is the market for modern stadium seating megaplexes?BRAIN: Our forecast as of 1997 is for 11,000 new screens over a five- to seven-year period....
Strip Centers Get in the Act
Jan 1, 2000, Michael Fickes
Entertainment retail has people dancing in the city streets. But what about the suburban by-ways?Most suburban strip centers remain focused on tenants...
NEW LEASES
Jan 1, 2000, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
Buckley Shuler Properties Atlanta Centrum at Crossroads, Cary, N.C.: Panera Bread.Northside Marketplace, Nashville, Tenn.: Calypso Cafe; Zecco Subs Plus.Northwoods...
Help Wanted
Jan 1, 2000, Elaine DeSimone
Sometime between leaving work and picking up the kids from school, a woman runs into the mall to buy a wedding gift. She expects the task to be quick...
SECURITY: Safety through strategy
Jan 1, 2000, Barbara A. Nadel
To keep their centers from becoming playgrounds for hoods and thieves, owners and tenants are turning to technology, strategic planning and lighting design...
Build-A-Bear Stuffs Malls
Jan 1, 2000, Amy Jinkner-Lloyd
The growth of Build-A-Bear Workshop sounds more like a warm and fuzzy story than a corporate expansion plan.The St. Louis-based interactive retail concept...
LIGHTING: How To... Design your own lighting layout
Jan 1, 2000, Stephen Blackman
Although lighting is one of the easiest areas of a display to control and to implement, it is often one of the most overlooked aspects of merchandising....
FLOORING: The Italian Connection
Jan 1, 2000, Brannon Boswell
If only it had been this easy for Michelangelo. In 15th-century Florence, marble was the medium of divine inspiration. But obtaining marble required a...
Remote Control
Dec 1, 1999, Brannon Boswell
A successful signage program depends on consistency. Unfortunately, it can be the hardest factor to control. "We may have a big program rolling out for,...
Retail Interiors of 2000
Dec 1, 1999, Jenny King
In these times, when consumers are described as people who want it all, the challenge to retailers is this: They must have it all.Spelled out, that means...
Industry Awakes to E-Commerce Threat
Dec 1, 1999, Matt Valley
Two-thirds of respondents to Shopping Center World's second annual industry forecast identify e-commerce as the topic that will attract the most attention...
Seating St. Nick
Dec 1, 1999, Brannon Boswell
Children are the heart and soul of the holiday season, but for an overworked Santa Claus, they can be a real pain. That's what Steve Anderson discovered...
Coming Full Circle
Dec 1, 1999, John McCloud
The 21st century begins on a note of irony for the retail industry. As the world moves forward with complex technologies undreamed of 100 years ago, one...
Cheers to 100 Years ... 20th Century Timeline
Dec 1, 1999, SHOPPING CENTER WORLD STAFF
BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, several entrepreneurs opened stores that would become some of the largest chains in the country. In 1852, Potter Palmer...
