As Real Estate Players Focus on Core Competencies, Third Party Management Business Grows
Oct 27, 2009
RREEF's decisoin to outsource the property management contract for its retail portfolio underlines the trend of increasing specialization within the retail real estate industry....
Store Closings Likely to Peak in First Half of 2010
Oct 13, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Among the few bright notes for retail real estate professionals in this year of bad news has been the fact that, contrary to expectations, store closings never reached Armageddon-like levels many were predicting...
Swelling Enrollment Turns Schools into Welcome Retail Tenants in the Southeast
Sep 29, 2009, By Mike Janssen
It’s not just kids who are going back to school this fall. With the unemployment rate spiking, adults have increasingly returned to the classroom to make the most of downtime...
Savvy Retailers Snatch Leases Out of Other Chains’ Bankruptcies
Sep 23, 2009
As the number of bankruptcies continues to mount, retailers with stable financial footings are making silk purses from other retailer's sows' ears...
Retailers Look to Fill Vacancies in Chicago’s Loop and Affluent Shopping Districts
Sep 22, 2009, By Jennifer Popovec
It's time to move back to the city. That's the conclusion that many national and local retailers seem to be drawing about Chicago...
Landlords and tenants have had a trying year, but it is time for the two sides to adopt a joint view of success
Sep 8, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
For JMW Development LLC, the renegotiation request came rather unexpectedly. The Minneapolis-based real estate development firm had been working with discount retailer Target for several years on its Commerce Hill project in Woodbury, Minn...
Retailers Begin To Show Some Signs of Life, But New Leasing Deals Continue To Pose Challenges
Sep 1, 2009
As the U.S. economy has begun to show minor signs of improvement, so has the outlook for retail leasing...
To fill California’s gaping budget deficit, the government may squeeze retailers and retail real estate owners
Aug 26, 2009, By Brad Berton
As if conditions aren’t tough enough for California retail property developers - particularly those seeking tenants amid so much vacant space - a troubling specter looms...
Gold Turns to Dust as California Faces Consequences of Past Excess
Aug 26, 2009
After riding at the forefront of the real estate boom in both the residential and commercial sectors in the mid 2000s, California seems to be having a particularly difficult time returning to some semblance of normalcy...
How the Downturn Alters the Retail Site Selection Process (8/19)
Aug 19, 2009
Even as retailers cut back on new store growth, many are still looking to either expand in an existing market or open in a new one at some point in the next year...
