Net Gains
Apr 1, 2006
The net lease sector saw continued high demand and low cap rates on retail properties during the first quarter. RETAIL PROPERTIES Cap Rate Bracket Percent...
BUSINESS DEALS
Apr 1, 2006
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. opened a new regional leasing, management and marketing office in Dallas. It is the second regional office for CBL, which...
Penney Lane
Apr 1, 2006
JCPenney pushed the limits with its latest pop-up store, a 15,000-square-foot shop that sat in Times Square. It was part of the largest marketing blitz...
Say What?
Apr 1, 2006, Beth Karlin
Sears' Lanpert considers same-stores-sales to be ... "vastly overrated"...
MIXED USE: SoDo
Apr 1, 2006
Location: Orlando, Fla. Developer: North American Properties, Kimco Developers Inc. Size: 330,000 sq. ft. retail; 300 condos and office space Groundbreaking:...
Subway Surprise
Apr 1, 2006
Talk about rapid transit. Subway sandwich shops, the fastest-growing food chain in the country, has passed a milestone. With the opening of a handful...
Raising Cane
Apr 1, 2006, By Michael Ware
WIth a solid emergency response plan and a cooperative crew, this Louisiana-based eatery proves regrouping quickly is not impossible...
MALL WALK: Trading Up In NYC
Apr 1, 2006, Beth Karlin Editor-in-Chief
When I first moved to New York City from Chicago a few decades back, I was shocked, just shocked, to find the wretched quality of Manhattan and I use...
Grocery Wars
Apr 1, 2006, By Meg Richards
The supermarket shakeout is creating a strong class of new alternative grocers...
Flying South
Apr 1, 2006, David Bodamer
Kimco Realty Corp.'s Puerto Rico play shows their new strategy...
Propping Up C-Stores
Apr 1, 2006, By Jennifer Popovec
Investors are braving risky convenience store investments for better returns...
TRAFFIC PATTERNS
Apr 1, 2006
HOME EQUITY BOON SLOWS, RETAIL TO SUFFER Homeowners leveraged low interest rates and rising home values to pull $279 billion out of their homes in 2005...
Early Bird Gets The Worm
Apr 1, 2006, By Jennifer Popovec
Retail management firms focus on development assistance to grab new business...
Robo-Shop
Apr 1, 2006
Safeway and Macy's West are reportedly testing vending machines that sell high-priced gadgets via robotic arms. The 28-square-foot gadget, developed by...
Completing The Collection
Apr 1, 2006
Consolidation within the retail real estate world has been rampant in recent years, but that pace of growth slowed slightly in 2005. ...
MALL WALK: Hurricane Streets
Mar 1, 2006, David Bodamer Managing Editor
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the subsequent levee breaches and flooding resulted in a demographic transformation of the city of New Orleans. Its metropolitan...
The Heat Is On
Mar 1, 2006, David Koch
Even Simon is getting in on the mixed-use action in the Phoenix area...
Correction
Mar 1, 2006
The Business Deals column in February featured a photo of the Heritage Valley on p. 17, but the accompanying brief was deleted. Quantum First Capital...
Cathay Play
Mar 1, 2006
Richmond Centre in British Columbia has teamed with Cathay Pacific airlines on a new themed play area. A kid-size Cathay Pacific plane features a cockpit...
TRAFFIC PATTERNS
Mar 1, 2006
POP, POP, POP GOES THE POPULATION The demographic profile of a shopping center's primary trade area is the single biggest determinant of its viability,...
Lightstone Thinks Small
Mar 1, 2006, Patricia Kirk
Lightstone Group is targeting small investors for a REIT that ultimately will go public...
Ice Age
Mar 1, 2006
Ice House America has developed a Twice the Ice vending machine, with its claim to fame being that it can deliver 16 or 20 lb. bags of ice in eight seconds...
