From Zero to Sixty
Mar 1, 2004, By Jack Thompson
When retail location strategies turn from slow- or no-growth to hyper-growth, real estate departments must ramp up quickly. The shift to full speed may...
Selective Leasing
Nov 1, 2003, By Arthur Weiner
Each and every retail property wants to be something. Often, this desire comes more in the form of a scream than a faint whisper. But, is that message...
Look Out Below!
Aug 1, 2003, By Kenneth Rogers
As the shopping center industry reaches maturity, the gulf between the top malls and class B and Class C properties is widening. Not only are these malls...
The Places To Be
May 1, 2003, By Bernard J. Haddigan
Retail properties have shined during a time of economic uncertainty and turmoil. Intense demand for quality, well located properties has pushed up prices,...
Steele's Case
May 1, 2003, By David Sokol
Retail Traffic Associate Editor David Sokol recently sat down with Max Steele, vice president of San Francisco-based architecture firm Gensler, to talk...
A Lingua Franca for a Global Marketplace
May 1, 2003, By Michael D. Green
Consider what life and business would be like were there no global standards underlying many common activities. Imagine having to first agree on common...
A Quick Lesson in Two Vital Legal Documents
May 1, 2003, By Robert Machson
There's an old saying that no job is tougher than the one you take for granted. That could certainly be said about SNDAs and estoppels, two mainstay documents...
What's Old is New Again
May 1, 2003, By Victor MacFarlane
Over the next 20 years, the United States will experience tremendous population growth, as an estimated 60 million people are expected to be born or immigrate...
what would Victor Gruen SAY?
May 1, 2003, By John Kriskiewicz
A half-century ago, architect Victor Gruen introduced America to the enclosed shopping mall. Before Gruen, there were two types of major shopping environments...
When Authentic is Fake
May 1, 2003, By Angelo Carusi
No word is more frequently used to describe the design aesthetic for new Main Street-inspired retail and lifestyle centers than When applied to the design...
