May 1, 2010
Departments
Don't Get Carried Away
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic
The mood at this year's ICSC RECon promises to be a lot better than last year's and not just because the trade association finally relented to member...
Traffic Patterns
KEEP ON RISING
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
Retail REITs continued to hit new 52-week highs through April as the all-time lows hit in March 2009 fade into the rearview mirror. Glimcher led the sector...
Tenant's Perspective
Love Connection
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
As apparel retailers gradually come out of hibernation (in March, the apparel sector posted a same-store sales increase of 12.8 percent, according to...
Starting Out
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM
The recession and the real estate downturn have created the perfect environment for entrepreneurial spirits to enter the retail arena because of the record...
Going to the Chapel
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
After outperforming its peers throughout the recession, Urban Outfitters Inc. has moved into full growth mode with a new concept aimed at the lucrative...
SA VA Comes to Life Thanks to Philly Financing
Mar 26, 2010 10:34 AM
An entrepreneur in downtown Philadelphia cobbled together an innovative financing package to enable a novel retail concept to get off the ground....
Picking the Next Star
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
After its Retail*Star contest turned out to be a smash in 2009, Madison Marquette, a Washington, D.C.-based retail developer and investor, decided to...
Features
Mind Reading
May 10, 2010 11:34 AM, Elaine Misonzhnik
While consumers are recovering some of their buying prowess, spending power is nowhere near what it was in 2006 and 2007....
Lifestyle Center Developers Apply Lessons Learned During the Downturn
May 17, 2010 3:37 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Some lifestyle centers took a beating during the recession. Now proponents are applying lessons learned and amending the concept....
The Luxury Market Turns Its Attention Back to Core Customers
Jun 1, 2010 11:00 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
While most industry insiders expect that eventually the aspirational shopper will come back, that’s not likely to happen for several years....
Management Office
Co-tenancy Clauses Can Cause Headaches in Resolving Lifestyle Centers
Apr 13, 2010 11:55 AM, By David Bodamer
Cotenancy clauses can create difficulties in dealing with troubled lifestyle centers. ...
Some Retail Landlords Take an Inteventionist Approach and Incubate New Tenants
Apr 27, 2010 2:05 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Incubating has become a popular tactic in a market that’s been ravaged by store closings and bankruptcies....
Federal Realty’s prudent strategies serve it well in a tough period.
May 4, 2010 10:55 AM, Mike Janssen
Federal Realty Investment Trust weathered the downturn primarily by sticking with tried-and-true principles of its 42-year history. ...
Expert Analysis
Passing the Test
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, TERRY S. BROWN Chief Executive Officer Edens & Avant
Every decade a challenging economic environment and capital markets liquidity crisis seems to reshape real estate capital formation, institutional investment...
Hanging Tough
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, BERNARD J. HADDIGAN
Single-tenant retailers will operate cautiously in 2010 as the economy enters a choppy recovery and consumer confidence increases slowly. That sobriety...
Working Things Out
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, KRIS COOPER Managing Director with Jones Lang LaSalle's Retail Investment Sales Group
Mark Twain once lamented that reports of his death had been greatly exaggerated. So too have reports of impending doom in commercial real estate, particularly...
Social Shopping Science
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, SAM FEUER CEO MindSmack/FastMall
It's no secret that traffic at American shopping malls has declined in recent years. Retail sales are down as a result of the Great Recession. In addition,...
Quality Counts
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, SY PERKOWITZ, AIA, PE President and CEO Perkowitz + Ruth Architects
Renovating an under-performing property can have a powerful effect that reverberates throughout a community. In recent years, we have seen plans for tear-downs...
Quick Fixes
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, KATHERYNE L. ZELENOCK Member of the Real Estate Practice, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Your company has well-organized lease templates and a pretty thorough catalog of standard (the provisions that you use for the most typical tenant lease...
Supplement
Your Guide to the ICSC RECON TRADE EXOP 2010 TOOLS OF THE TRADE
May 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Beth Mattson-Teig
Smart phones and tablet computers are becoming all the rage, especially since the new technologies provide firms with opportunities to develop proprietary...
