Third-party balancing act
Aug 1, 2002, BY STEVE BERGSMAN
Can the same company operate its own malls and serve as a third-party manager for competing owners in the same market? It's a question that has come to...
TRANSACTIONS
Aug 1, 2002
Orlando, Fla. Holliday Fenoglio Fowler arranged a $64 million financing for Belz Factory Outlet World, a 640,000-sq.-ft. center. The transaction was a...
FLORIDA is still a magnet for retail development
Aug 1, 2002, By Steve Lewis
Slow tourist traffic may be Florida retailers' most pressing concern today. But bigger problems wait on the horizon for some players as the state's retail...
INDUSTRY PROS
Aug 1, 2002
Jerry Combs joined Atlanta-based Walpert Properties as senior vice president of the company's new corporate services division. Gary Weiss is the newest...
Destin's common denominator: a town center for tourists and locals
Aug 1, 2002, Jenny King
A boatload of upscale tenants is invading the panhandle resort town of Destin, Fla. Ranging from Abercrombie & Fitch to Bass Pro Shops, the retailers...
Put vacant space back to work
Aug 1, 2002, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Bankruptcies, changing demographics, mergers tenants bail out of centers for any number of reasons. In order to avoid the blank spaces they leave behind,...
Who's Roofing The Store?
Aug 1, 2002, BY BARBARA NADEL, FAIA
From Sacramento to Long Island, retail property managers remain on top of their building stock literally with year-round roof maintenance and inspection...
Fewer Clouds in Pacific Northwest
Aug 1, 2002, BY JOE GOSE
The Pacific Northwest has felt the sting of the economic downturn: The area was hit by the collapse of the tech bubble and Boeing has eliminated 18,000...
What works on retail villages
Aug 1, 2002, By J. Thomas Porter & Robert Tindall
Shopping center owners and developers eager to find today's winning retail formula are zeroing in on the pedestrian lifestyle village as an increasingly...
EDITOR'S LETTER
Aug 1, 2002, Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
Do we really need department stores? Is shopping still an all-day endeavor, where we roam from men's over into women's and then into the kiddie section?...
Chico's and the Man
Aug 1, 2002, Janet Groeber
Even the most successful retail formulas have their limits. That's why two thriving chains Talbots and Chico's are spinning off new store concepts this...
Market share has high price for REITs
Aug 1, 2002
Market dominance is a major goal for developers, but what happens when that market goes flat? Recent research from Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) emphasizes...
Retail rings in Prudential Center
Aug 1, 2002
Since last fall, Boston Properties, owner of Boston's prestigious Prudential Center in the Back Bay area since 1998, has started to see the fruits of...
Street turmoil spares retail
Aug 1, 2002, Janet Groeber
How are the accounting woes of WorldCom and Enron, and the wild market fluctuations they've caused, treating retail stocks? So far, market uncertainty...
DEVELOPMENT DIGEST
Aug 1, 2002
Pittsburgh Continental Real Estate Cos. of Columbus, Ohio, will develop the $200 million, 25-acre, mixed-use North Shore complex between Pittsburgh's...
Fueled by IPO, Aropostale sets course for the West
Aug 1, 2002, Renée DeGross
With $225 million from its May IPO, Aropostale is revving up for a major expansion in the Western U.S., where the New York-based teen-apparel chain expects...
Corrections
Aug 1, 2002
On page 11 of the June 2002 issue Dan Hurwitz of Developers Diversified Realty was incorrectly identified as an investor in Grand Rapids, Mich.'s Terrazzo...
The Future of the Department Store
Aug 1, 2002, By Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
When JCPenney left the Florence Mall in Florence, S.C., in 1992, mall owner Edens & Avant didn't scramble to find another department store to fill the...
TRANSACTIONS
Jul 1, 2002
Washington, D.C. The Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. and Rochester, N.Y.-based Wilmorite Properties formed a joint venture for ownership of Tysons Corner...
Which retailers have the best industry buzz?
Jul 1, 2002, Janet Groeber
In the financial markets there is no question that Wal-Mart Stores rules. Now, a new survey shows that it is held in high esteem by retail executives....
DEVELOPMENT DIGEST
Jul 1, 2002
Denville, N.J. Malvern, Pa.-based IMC Construction recently broke ground on The Shoppes at Union Hill, a 90,000-sq.-ft. lifestyle center. Developed by...
Correction
Jul 1, 2002
Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc., was incorrectly identified on page 32 of the June 2002 issue. The correct company information is as follows:Heritage...
BJ's Wholesale goes west
Jul 1, 2002, Renée DeGross
Buoyed by consumer spending at warehouse clubs, BJ's Wholesale Club is on an expansion binge. ...
INDUSTRY PROS
Jul 1, 2002
Millard Drexler announced plans to retire from his position as CEO and president at San Francisco-based Gap Inc. The company's board of directors is currently...
luxe lingers
Jul 1, 2002, By Ben Johnson, Editor-in-Chief
When the refurbished Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche flagship opened on Fifth Avenue in New York last year, it brought together for the first time under...
