Wish You Were Here?
Aug 1, 2004, John Crossman is senior vice president of Trammell Crow Co.'s retail investment division in Orlando,
Florida is a hothouse for the various trends currently influencing retail real estate development nationwide. Explosive growth in customer volume is spurring...
Malls Are More Than Real Estate
Jul 1, 2004, James Regan,
It is a simple fact that regional and super regional shopping centers are over assessed and over taxed. In the Chicago area, for instance, real estate...
Zoom In On Customers
Jun 1, 2004, Rich Hollander
Reaching the target customer that is the constant focus necessary to succeed in the retailer's universal quest to fulfill their store's sales potential....
Big Boxes, Big Cities
May 1, 2004, Andy Frankl
You see them across suburbia and our nation's heartland: Home Depot, Target, Best Buy, Wal-Mart and other big-box retailers. Until recently, many have...
Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do
May 1, 2004, Richard Walter
When are the parts worth more than the whole? When savvy retail owners and investors need new deal structures to bolster property values and increase...
Design By Data
May 1, 2004, Bruce A. Barteldt Jr., AIA
Our retail team sees patterns every day whether it's a macro-summary of a metroplex transportation plan relative to new housing starts or a planogram...
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...
Ignore the Death Notices
May 1, 2004, Anita Kramer
The death of the mall has been greatly exaggerated. The real story is in distinguishing between super regionals, which are flourishing, and regionals,...
An Investor's Guide to the U.S.
May 1, 2004, Gwen MacKenzie Brad Umansky
The investment market remains a seller's market throughout the United States and should continue into 2005. Each region has its own opportunities and...
A Letter From David Simon
May 1, 2004
You're holding a document that tries to capture what a typical day is like at Simon Property Group. If you're in our industry, you realize that there...
