PORTLAND'S PROGRESS
May 1, 2004, By Patricia L. Kirk
The Portland retail market might not be very deep, but it is interesting. There's only a few power centers here, says Mason Frank, president of Oregon-based...
A TALE OF TWO MARKETS
May 1, 2004, By Patricia L. Kirk
With Las Vegas' population expected to reach 1.8 million in 2005, the region is experiencing an unprecedented boon in residential and retail growth, says...
INDY RETAILERS REV UP
Apr 1, 2004, By Patricia L. Kirk
While the INDY 500 might have put Indianapolis on the map, its high-gear economy is what is driving this Midwestern city, situated at the Crossroads of...
RICHMOND RISING
Mar 1, 2004, By Patricia Kirk
Richmond, Va.'s retail has turned the corner. Until six months ago, consumers looking for more than a mundane shopping experience had to travel 100 miles...
MID-ATLANTIC INTELLIGENCE
Mar 1, 2004
The Container Store opened its first D.C. location March 6 in a 26,000-square-foot space in the former Sears/Hechinger building on Wisconsin Avenue. Roadside...
THE CINCINNATI BID
Feb 1, 2004, By Joy Armstrong
As new retail shopping areas sprawl beyond the seven hills that define Cincinnati, civic leaders have allocated $100 million to save the troubled downtown....
GULF STATES INTELLIGENCE
Jan 1, 2004
A former 85,000-square-foot Kmart in Hoover, Ala., outside Birmingham is being converted into a retail center called Riverchase Crossing (below). Michael's,...
GULF COURSE
Jan 1, 2004
The usually sleepy states of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi are seeing their fair share of retail development. Alabama is leading with several new...
LOUISIANA'S SECOND CITY
Jan 1, 2004, By Joy Armstrong
Sixteen percent of all new jobs statewide were created in nearby Baton Rouge in 2003, according to Loren Scott, an LSU economist. And personal income...
NORTHEAST INTELLIGENCE
Dec 1, 2003
Forest City Ratner Co. and its local partners (Moreland Development and Synterra Ltd.) began construction of Quartermaster Plaza in South Philadelphia....
THE OTHER NEW YORK
Dec 1, 2003, By Joy Armstrong
To many people who live west of the Hudson, New York means one thing: Manhattan. New York shopping is Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Fifth Avenue and Madison...
Northeastern Exposure
Dec 1, 2003
The Northeast couldn't catch a break in 2003. Every few months, a new disaster struck, tossing the region's retail sales trends to the wind. Stores had...
Two Ways To Take Europe
Dec 1, 2003, Brannon Boswell
European retail development, once prohibitively expensive for U.S. real estate companies, now looks promising. Simon, for one, is upping its ante with...
Simon Says: Ciao Italia!
Nov 19, 2003
Simon Property Group is saying "Ciao!" to Italy. The United States' largest mall owner announced plans Monday to joint venture with Italian hypermarket...
SOUTHWEST INTELLIGENCE
Nov 1, 2003
The City of Austin is contemplating the fate of a prime 76,176-square-foot parcel of real estate downtown. Block 21, as it's known, is located near the...
It's a Hot Market. Don't Get Burned.
Nov 1, 2003
The Southwest market is sizzling with retail space and population growth. Phoenix and Las Vegas in particular are attracting rooftops and retail developments...
RISING WITH THE ROOFTOPS
Nov 1, 2003, By Patricia Kirk
About 250 new residents arrive in Phoenix's Valley of the Sun every day, two out of five from California. They come for the mild winters, relatively low...
Sizing up the Southeast
Oct 1, 2003
The New South is earning its name this year, with a number of firsts pushing retail development to new levels in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina,...
SOUTHEAST INTELLIGENCE
Oct 1, 2003
Inland Retail Real Estate Trust coughed up $172 million for 1.4 million-square-foot Fayette Pavilion in suburban Atlanta. The three-phase acquisition...
A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY, A LOT OF RETAIL
Oct 1, 2003, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Retail Real Estate Market Profile and Demographics for Nashville Tennessee...
CITY ON A ROLL
Oct 1, 2003, By Patricia L. Kirk
A city without zoning, Houston has become a poster child for urban sprawl, plagued with deed restrictions and high property values. What saved the city...
CALIFORNIA PROJECTS & PEOPLE
Sep 1, 2003
PetsMart and Michael's inked leases at L.A.'s Buena Park Downtown, a development of The Festival Cos. The two retailers will take space in Marketplace...
Cloud Over Sunny California
Sep 1, 2003, By Patricia L. Kirk
California was last to enter the nation's recession and it may be the last one out, according to predictions by economists and industry leaders. One major...
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
Sep 1, 2003, By Howard Riell
Who's buying retail properties in Philadelphia? You, me and REITs, says Marc Cutler, vice president of NAI Mertz Corp., a Mt. Laurel, N.J.-based brokerage...
HERE COMES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Sep 1, 2003, By Patricia L. Kirk
Downtown Los Angeles bustles with activity from 7 to 7, but when the sun goes down you could roll a bowling ball down Figueroa and not hit a car, jokes...
