Retail Vacancies Continue to Creep Higher
Apr 13, 2010
Real estate research firm Reis Inc.’s data for the first quarter of 2010 shows fundamentals at neighborhood and community centers and regional malls continued to slide....
Fairholme Funds Agrees to Invest in GGP
Apr 9, 2010
Two of Fairholme Funds Inc.'s funds have entered into definitive agreements invest in General Growth Properties....
CMBS Market Shows Increasing Vitality
Apr 6, 2010
The commercial mortgage-backed securities market appears to be on the mend....
Retail Leasing Market to Stabilize in 2010, but Rent Growth Won’t Materialize for Two Years
Mar 30, 2010
researchers predict retail real estate fundamentals will start stabilizing in 2010....
A Chicago Entrepreneur Wants to Dominate the World of Children’s Retail.
Mar 26, 2010
WONDER! is a new retail concept that blends Costco and Cabela’s—but is aimed at children....
SA VA Comes to Life Thanks to Philly Financing
Mar 26, 2010
An entrepreneur in downtown Philadelphia cobbled together an innovative financing package to enable a novel retail concept to get off the ground....
Data Provider Geoscape Develops Niche Analyzing Ethnic Shoppers
Mar 26, 2010
Geoscape has built a name for itself among retailers and consumer product manufacturers by paying close attention to a growing and often misunderstood consumer segment—ethnic shoppers....
Play Foursquare to Grow Your Brand Advocate Base
Mar 26, 2010
Store-based retailers have a new way to reach out to and reward their best customers in Foursquare. ...
Net Lease Deals Become a Bright Spot in a Slow Sales Market
Mar 23, 2010
While total investment sales activity in the retail real estate sector remains slow, single-tenant net lease deals are picking up steam, according to industry insiders. ...
Pent-up Desire to Shop Drives Improved Sales Performance for U.S. Retailers
Mar 16, 2010
As the employment picture stabilizes and the stock market posts moderate gains, consumers that have denied themselves all indulgences for the past two years are starting to come back into stores, new data suggests. ...
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. ...
