Bench Press
May 1, 2006, Patricia Kirk
Niche clothing brand moves into a Philippine neighborhood in California...
Hats for Sale
May 1, 2006
If you like lids, then head to East Fourth Street in Greenwich Village. That's where New Era: New York, the first flagship of baseball-cap maker New Era,...
Wal-Mart Watch
May 1, 2006
In March Wal-Mart increased its share in Central American Retail Holding Company to 51 percent, up from the one-third stake it purchased last year. The...
Troubled Mills Corp. Gets Default Waiver
May 1, 2006
As financial house gets in order is deal imminent?...
When Sales Fall
May 1, 2006, By Jennifer Popovec
If retail sales slump, there are alternatives for filling space in shopping centers...
Grooming The Next Generation
May 1, 2006, By Marc Hequet
A talent drought is forcing companies to look way outside the box for new hires...
Curve Ball
May 1, 2006
Baseball-size hail damaged about 1,000 cars during a violent storm in San Marcos, Tex., in April, with most of the smashed windows and dented metal at...
CASE STUDY: American Dream
May 1, 2006, By Bob Hirschfeld
American Apparel's Dov Charney rides his eccentric marketing machine and site-selection strategies to success...
Penney, Sephora Make Up Venture
May 1, 2006, Beth Karlin
JC Penney Co. Inc. has again asserted its ingenuity, as it breaks away from the pack...
SADI 2006 Winner: GALLERIA GOURMET
May 1, 2006
One panelist remarked, I've never been in a grocery store that elegant. Another: They managed to turn food into fashion. When Pavlik Design Team was commissioned...
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
May 1, 2006
Champion Development Group broke ground on The Burbank Collection in Burbank, Calif. It is the second phase of the Burbank Entertainment Village, a $90...
Funny Pages
May 1, 2006
BAM! goes the Food Court Food good food has soared to superstar status, and where we eat had better be well-designed. Celebrity chefs, 24-hour cable stations...
Lease Release
May 1, 2006
Movie Gallery, Inc. agreed with Hilco Real Estate, LLC to launch a program to restructure the leases at more than 1,100 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video...
Drugstores Battle for Convenience
May 1, 2006, By Michael Ware
Baby Boomers, many of whom remember the drug culture of their youth, are still into pill popping but this time it's the meds of the prescription variety....
Tea Party
May 1, 2006, Renée DeGross
What do Germans know about tea? More than you think. Albert Gschwendner began selling loose leaf specialty teas in 1978. ...
IN PROGRESS: White Oak Village
May 1, 2006
Location: Henrico, Ohio Developer: Forest City Size: 330,000 sq. ft. retail; 300 condos and office space Size: 390,000 sq. ft. power center; 330,000 sq....
RETAIL BRIEFS
May 1, 2006
Dollar Tree Stores Inc. completed the $55.7 million acquisition of 138 stores and related assets of the Deal$-Nothing Over a Dollar chain, which was owned...
SADI 2006 Honorable Mention: COACH FLAGSHIP JAPAN
May 1, 2006
First time's the charm. For the world's first freestanding Coach store in Nagoya, Japan, Eight Inc. and Coach Architecture Group created a space that,...
Broker Beware
May 1, 2006, By Mark Hequet
Selling retail properties is no longer a cake walk, and brokers are scrambling for the crumbs...
Outsource Me
May 1, 2006, By Corey Bialow
Outsourcing has landed. National retail chains are hiring outside consultants and brokers to provide the services typically performed by internal real...
Healthy Outlook
May 1, 2006
In a possible sign of just how overburdened the nation's health care system is, Walgreen Co. announced plans to open in-store health clinics at 20 of...
Martha and Macy's: A Good Marriage?
May 1, 2006, Beth Karlin
Martha Stewart is moving up town - to Macy's...
Fund For All
May 1, 2006
Daniel Stern, a partner in Lormax Stern Development, recalls his first time with Grand Sakwa Properties. We were both looking at the same piece of land, and instead of bidding against each other we decided to become partners....
SADI 2006 Honorable Mention: LALAPORT KOSHIEN
May 1, 2006
Jurors were impressed by the numbers. For LaLaport Koshien in Nishinomiya City, Japan, RTKL & Associates adeptly squeezed 913,000 square feet of retail...
