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Retail Receivership Opportunities Slow to Materialize 

Mar 9, 2010

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. ...

Rent Relief Requests Take New Form as Tenants’ Focus Shifts to Long-Term Health 

Mar 9, 2010

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. ...

General Growth Gets Extension as Team of Suitors Continues to Grow 

Mar 4, 2010

After a hotly contested hearing,Judge Allan Gropper granted Chicago-based REIT General Growth Properties a four-month extension on its exclusivity period to file a reorganization plan. ...

As Tenants Show Resilience, Regional Mall REITs Feel Confidence in the Future 

Mar 2, 2010

Regional mall REITs continued to get healthy in the fourth quarter of 2009 with stable sales and improved customer traffic....

General Growth’s Reorganization Plan Seen as a Rebuke to Simon 

Feb 25, 2010

If, as one real estate industry observer has noted, Simon Property Group has been trying to taunt General Growth Properties into coming up with a more attractive bankruptcy resolution plan than Simon’s acquisition offer, then General Growth has risen to the challenge. ...

Simon and General Growth Continue to Jockey for Position in Determining GGP's Fate 

Feb 24, 2010

The fate of General Growth Properties remains in flux as the major players that will determine its future continue to jockey for position....

Shopping Center REITs Report Signs of Improvement, but Expect More Store Closings 

Feb 23, 2010

Shopping center REITs turned in a respectable performance for the fourth quarter of 2009, giving credence to the notion that the worst of the downturn may be over. ...

Stores Within Supermarkets Becoming More Popular 

Feb 22, 2010

In an effort to capitalize on consumers’ desire for one-stop shopping, non-retail businesses are increasingly opting to open offices inside supermarkets....

Information Provider Hones in On Daytime Shoppers 

Feb 22, 2010

A data provider has come up with a way to measure a potent customer pool: the daytime population of workers who patronize stores and restaurants....

Digital Signage Comes to Life 

Feb 22, 2010

With a combination of dynamic content that is highly adaptable to its audience and environment, high-definition video imagery and, in many cases, interactive features, digital signage can help retailers drive consumer behavior....

Receiverships Don’t Have to Disrupt Retail Tenants 

Feb 19, 2010

The growing number of receiverships is shedding new light on a lease clause that got little attention during the industry’s boom years: subordination, non-disturbance and attornment (SNDA) agreements. Such agreements protect both lenders and tenants in the event that a lender forecloses on a property or moves to have a receiver named....

GGP Merger Would Make Simon A Force to Reckon With For Tenants and Lenders 

Feb 17, 2010

If a deal does go through, it would also make Simon Property Group a force to reckon with for tenants, vendors and lenders....

Simon Offers $10B for General Growth 

Feb 16, 2010

Simon Property Group dropped a bombshell in announcing that it has made a $10 billion offer to acquire General Growth Properties....

Prince George’s County Moves into the Retail Spotlight  

Feb 12, 2010

Prince George’s County's demographics make it an attractive market for retailers looking to expand....

Major Prince George’s Developments Weather Economic Storm 

Feb 12, 2010

While the prospects for new retail development are bleak nationally, Prince George’s County—with its low unemployment rate, high median income and relative stability—is bucking the odds. ...

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