SCW EXPERT ANALYSIS: How to Assure a Painless Redevelopment
Mar 1, 2003, By Andrew Trachman
Anyone who has been through a retail redevelopment venture knows that things don't always go as expected. If only you could see into the future and head...
SCW FEATURE: Team Building
Mar 1, 2003, By Barbara A. Nadel, FAIA
Speed is more important than ever in retail construction, as builders rush to shorten the lag time between groundbreaking and rent collection. And slow,...
Judging a book by its cover
Dec 1, 2002, By David Silver
Signage the first shopping center component that meets the customer's eye is among the most critical tools in successful marketing. As such, it should...
It's reigning cats & dogs
Nov 1, 2002, Elyse Umlauf-Garneau
Dr. Seuss has used up two of her nine lives. The 13-year-old cat first was rescued from a shelter, then her owners spent nearly $1,000 to save her from...
Turning outparcels into gold
Oct 1, 2002, By Dave Ware
Smart shopping center developers today are focusing on a powerful, underutilized strategy to attract customers and build profits. Peripheral property...
Learning to love the money pit
Sep 1, 2002, By Marti Christoffer
First-time tenants looking for retail space are often astonished by the demands of a retail landlord. Unlike upper floor tenants, they are often asked...
Liability Nightmares
Sep 1, 2002, BY MIKE SHERIDAN
Years ago, a woman walked into a suburban mall in Pennsylvania and started firing a semi-automatic rifle. The individual, who later was ruled criminally...
Light comes to The Lakes
Sep 1, 2002, BY HELEN DIEMER, FIALD
Electric lighting is one of the largest single consumers of energy in shopping centers and other commercial buildings. Lighting systems also produce heat,...
Q&A -- Big Lots CEO Mike Potter talks value
May 13, 2002
Operating some 1,350 stores nationally, Big Lots Inc., the Columbus, Ohio-based broadline closeout retailer, is seeking growth while positioning itself...
It's all about the experience
May 1, 2002, Yaromir Steiner
If legendary showman Cecil B. DeMille were still alive and directing not movies but shopping centers, I know he would have the attitude and passion necessary to compete in today's retail real estate environment. And today's shopping center executives would do well to think a bit like Cecil B. DeMille....
