March/April 2010
Departments
Clash of the Titans
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic
The last 30 days have provided some remarkable theater. It's not often that you get to see the two largest companies in an industry publicly trade barbs....
Traffic Patterns
ON A TEAR
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Retail REITs have been on a hot streak so far in 2010. Many reached new 52-week highs in the last 60 days. Moreover, 52-week lows have begun to reset...
Tenant's Perspective
A Chicago Entrepreneur Wants to Dominate the World of Children’s Retail.
Mar 26, 2010 10:47 AM
WONDER! is a new retail concept that blends Costco and Cabela’s—but is aimed at children....
Stores Within Supermarkets Becoming More Popular
Feb 22, 2010 1:05 PM
In an effort to capitalize on consumers’ desire for one-stop shopping, non-retail businesses are increasingly opting to open offices inside supermarkets....
Retail Receivership Opportunities Slow to Materialize
Mar 9, 2010 4:04 PM
As commercial real estate distress continues to mount, dozens of retail real estate firms, including brokers, third-party managers and developers, are jockeying to get a piece of the business. ...
Last Call
The Unfolding GGP Saga
Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The fate of Chicago-based REIT General Growth Properties remains in flux as the major players that will determine its future continue to jockey for position...
Features
Reassessing Distress
Mar 30, 2010 10:00 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
To date in 2010, Phillips Edison's and PECO Capital's $70 million Strategic Investment Fund I, which targets distressed retail developments and loans,...
2010 Top 100 Retail Real Estate Managers
Apr 8, 2010 12:11 PM
Our rankings are based on total retail GLA owned and managed in the U.S., as reported by companies...
2010 Top 100 Retail Real Estate Owners
Apr 8, 2010 10:04 AM
After years of continued expansion, the top owners and managers of retail real estate in the United States stopped growing in 2008...
Management Office
Rent Relief Requests Take New Form as Tenants’ Focus Shifts to Long-Term Health
Mar 9, 2010 11:44 AM
As consumers start heading back into stores, retail landlords are finally getting some relief from widespread rent concession requests from struggling tenants, according to industry insiders. ...
The Mall of America Takes on the Great Recession
Mar 2, 2010 2:07 PM
It might come as a shock to many mall owners who spent 2009 struggling to reconcile their budgets, but it turned out to be a pretty good year for the Mall of America. ...
