THE LIGHTS ARE MUCH BRIGHTER THERE
May 1, 2004, Beth Karlin Editor-in-Chief
Oh, to be a Size 2, twentysomething and a trust-fund baby. Then I could shop regularly at Bloomingdale's new ultra-hip SoHo store in downtown Manhattan...
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
May 1, 2004
Miami Beach-based Equity One bought Sparkleberry Square (below), a 320,971-square-foot center anchored by Kroger, Kohl's and Bed Bath & Beyond in Columbia,...
Simon Partner Profile:Ameresco
May 1, 2004
Ameresco is proud to be a Simon Business Network preferred vendor. Ameresco is an independent energy solutions company delivering long-term customer value...
THE SUBURBS R COMING
May 1, 2004
Big boxes have quite literally altered the suburban retail landscape, and changed the way we shop, but now they are the hot urban prototype. Seems like...
Fire Sale
May 1, 2004, By Steve Bergsman
In a real estate sector with few bargains to be found, firms are combing the landscape for deals where others no longer shop. Although the supply is limited,...
CORRECTIONS:
May 1, 2004
In our Top Managers survey in the April 2004 issue, we published the wrong executives' names for Edgemark Commercial Real Estate Services LLC in Oak Brook,...
DDR Gobbles Up Private Assets
May 1, 2004, Joe Gose
Developers Diversified Realty's (DDR) acquisition of 110 retail properties totaling 18.8 million square feet from Benderson Development Co. continues...
Simon Partner Profile:Waste Management
May 1, 2004
Waste Management, the industry leader in waste services and recycling, is proud to be a Simon Business Network Preferred Vendor. In partnering with Simon,...
FOOD BYTES
May 1, 2004
We all know food and restaurants drive traffic to shopping centers. Now, drink in some facts from Citigroup Smith Barney that you might not have known:...
Bank On It
May 1, 2004, By Beth Mattson-Teig
As retailer bankruptcies rise, there's still one shopping center tenant category that remains free from credit risk: banks. In the past year, consumer...
TRAFFIC PATTERNS
May 1, 2004
LIFESTYLE GROWTH STAGNATES
The retail store base is expected to grow by 3 percent this year, up from a 2.4 percent growth rate in 2003, according to an analysis of 230 retailers. The open-air sector (including neighborhood, community and power centers) is expected to see continued solid demand, with an estimated 4.8 percent increase ...
RANCHO DELUXE
May 1, 2004
Cleveland-based Forest City Enterprises is making its Florida debut with a 600,000-square-foot lifestyle center called Wiregrass Ranch. Partnering with...
Simon Partner Profile:Osram Sylvania
May 1, 2004
What retailer wouldn't like to raise the level of lighting quality and reduce costs? Well, good news. SYLVANIA lighting products can help you do both....
Simon Partner Profile:KONE Inc.
May 1, 2004
KONE is a leading global supplier of elevators, escalators and autowalks with a 100+ year history of serving people. In addition to manufacturing, the...
NOW BOARDING
May 1, 2004, By Curt Hazlett
Ed Vinson certainly doesn't need any more frequent flyer miles. The Mills Corp. executive vice president got more than he could use during construction of the company's glitzy new Madrid Xanadu in Spain, sometimes crossing the Atlantic a couple of times a month to meet with the firm's partner and check on the mall's progress. The upgrades to first class will come in handy, too, as Vinson helps Mills move ahead with projects in Italy and maybe elsewhere.
Mills is in the first wave of a trend that's likely to reshape U.S. mall REITs in the next few years...
CARUSO WINS TUG-OF-WAR
May 1, 2004, Patricia Kirk
After a month of sometimes bitter debate over the permitting process for a planned $264.2 million town center project in Glendale, Calif., Los Angeles-based...
Inline ECKERDS First To Close?
May 1, 2004, Renée DeGross
On the heels of J.C. Penney's $4.5 billion sale of Eckerd to CVS Corp. and Jean Coutu Group's Brook's Pharmacy, questions linger about potential store...
Teen Style-O-Meter
May 1, 2004
The coolest kids in high school are sporting duds from Abercrombie & Fitch and its offshoot Hollister this spring, according to Piper Jaffray's recent...
Simon Partner Profile:SimplexGrinnell
May 1, 2004
SimplexGrinnell is the industry's leading single-source provider of fire and life-safety systems and services. A business unit of Tyco Fire & Security,...
Five Wishes For 2005
May 1, 2004
Maybe John Maynard Keynes had it right when he said the difficulty lies not in creating new ideas but escaping from old ones. Today's retail industry...
Tanger's Road Show
May 1, 2004
Tanger Outlet Centers' new marketing ploy is a customized Bargain Hunters SUV that will crisscross the United States for six months ending in October....
THE MAVERICK MOGUL'S HANDBOOK
May 1, 2004
Mel Simon, Sam Zell, Donald Trump and Eli Broad have all made their fortunes in real estate. Retail Traffic contributing writer Steve Bergsman attempts...
THE EDUCATION OF Matthew Bucksbaum
May 1, 2004, Peter Hochstein
Matthew Bucksbaum almost lost his shirt once. In 1954 when he was 28, he and his late brother, Martin, sold their chain of five grocery stores in and...
JUDGES
May 1, 2004
Christian Davies Vice President, Retail Design Strategy/Creative Director, FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati Davies heads the Fashion Brands studio at...
They Paved Paradise
May 1, 2004, BY CLAUDIA STRAGE CASTAYBERT
A battle is brewing over Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood, and a major issue is parking. IKEA has brought an old shipping building, which it plans to...
