LETTERS
Feb 1, 2005
To the Editor, I was distressed that David Koch, in his December Mall Walk, did not understand or convey the beauty of Victoria Gardens in Rancho Cucamonga,...
IN PROGRESS: FIREWHEEL TOWN CENTER
Feb 1, 2005
Location: Garland, Texas Size: 785,000 square feet. The project has 245,000 square feet of small shop space, 75,000 square feet of second-level office...
To Russia With JLO
Jan 1, 2005
Sweetface Fashion Co. will distribute the JLO by Jennifer Lopez sportswear collection throughout Russia and the former Soviet Republics. The first JLO...
MACERICH GOES EAST
Jan 1, 2005, Steve Bergsman
Industry consolidation may have peaked with Macerich Co.'s December purchase of Wilmorite Properties Inc., a privately held shopping center owner and...
From Renters to Retailers
Jan 1, 2005, BY RICHARD WALTER
For those with retail property to sell, the message is simple: Make sure you understand the dynamics of your investor pool especially if that pool includes...
TRAFFIC PATTERNS
Jan 1, 2005
THE BIERI REPORT: SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO SHOPPING CENTER RANKING Carlsbad Factory Stores B- Chula Vista Center C Fashion Valley Center A+ Westfield ST Horton...
Magic Fingers
Jan 1, 2005
At $4,500 it's pricey, but the comfy chair could soon come to a mall near you. Japanese company Family Inada, which opened its first showroom in the U.S....
TORONTO BECKONS
Jan 1, 2005, By David Koch
With retail overload in the domestic market and fierce competition for high quality sites, U.S. retailers and developers increasingly are looking international...
Here Come The Fashion Police
Jan 1, 2005
Paseo Colorado, a Pasadena, Calif., lifestyle center, has bagged a lucrative promotion deal with E! Entertainment. An urban village in the heart of the...
GETTING REBORN IN PHOENIX
Jan 1, 2005, David Bodamer Managing Editor
Biltmore Fashion Park was once the Grande Old Dame of Phoenix shopping when it was build in the 1960s. Its tenants including Macy's, Cartier, Apple Store,...
High-Wire Act
Jan 1, 2005
Italian fixture maker ALU calls this retail display the Acrobot Curved POS, for it hangs in the air with the greatest of ease. Presented at December's...
Correction:
Jan 1, 2005
In the Simon Business Network 2005 Planner in the January issue, Yom Kippur was listed as beginning at sundown on October 13. It actually begins at sundown...
Moving eBay Offline And Into The Center
Jan 1, 2005, Renee DeGross
Since eBay mushroomed into a retailing phenomenon in the late 1990s, a cottage industry has emerged of middlemen trying to make money on the auction site,...
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
Jan 1, 2005
Colonial Properties Trust is developing a 450,000-square-foot lifestyle center known as Colonial Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm in Birmingham, Ala. The center...
Aussies Ahoy
Jan 1, 2005, David Bodamer
Kramont Realty Trust's announcement in late December that it will merge with Australia-based Centro Properties Ltd. in a $1.3 billion deal shows the growing...
Babies R NYC
Jan 1, 2005
Troubled toy peddler Toys Us will convert its Union Square store in Manhattan to a Babies Us that concept's first location in the city. Industry analysts...
IN PROGRESS: VALLEY SQUARE
Jan 1, 2005
Location: Warrington, Pa. Developer: Metro Development Co. Size: 140 acres; 500,000 sq. ft. of retail; 130,000-sq.-ft. Wegmans Super Store Retail preleasing:...
Bazaar Facts
Jan 1, 2005
eBay Inc.'s third-quarter profit skyrocketed 76 percent to $182.35 million, exceeding Wall Street expectations. eBay third-quarter revenue climbed 52...
BUSINESS DEALS
Jan 1, 2005
Oakbrook, Ill.-based Inland Real Estate Corp. transferred five properties with a net value of $56 million to a new joint venture with the New York State...
LENDING INCREDIBILITY
Jan 1, 2005, By Pam Black
At the height of the tech boom, investors were tossing money at anything with .com attached to the name. Earnings? Profits? Revenues? Who cared? Everyone...
2004 TOP LENDERS
Jan 1, 2005
More Lenders, More Money. Competition for retail lending is fierce. Existing lenders have fistfuls of dollars to hand out as new players with equally...
Trading Spaces
Jan 1, 2005, David Bodamer
What does the name Trader Joe's conjure? Trendy young people looking for natural foods? Volvo-driving suburban moms swinging by for some organic milk...
MAXED-USE
Jan 1, 2005, By David Koch
Santana Row was one of the most ambitious mixed-use projects to hit the drawing boards in the late 1990s. Federal Realty Investment Trust, the loudest...
Where the Grass is Truly Greener
Jan 1, 2005, Pam Black
Melaver Inc., a fourth-generation, family-owned property management and development company committed to sustainability, has recruited Circuit City Stores...
A BIT OF SCOTCH
Jan 1, 2005
The Mills Corp. continued its aggressive international push through the joint venture acquisition of the 715,000-square-foot Enoch Centre (pictured right)...
