October 1, 2009
Departments
Cautious Optimism
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, David Bodamer Editor-in-Chief Retail Traffic Magazine
Is it safe to open our eyes now? It's been a terrifying run for the past 12 months, ever since the amazing weekend when Lehman Brothers went belly up...
FRIENDLY COMPARISONS
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM
The 52-week high for every REIT reset lower in the last 30 days. That makes falls from 52-week highs look better. The rise in prices also leaves firms...
Traffic Reports
Ready to Strike?
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM
In mid-September, David Simon was interviewed on Bloomberg and the segment included a couple of choice tidbits. For one thing, Simon predicted prices...
Investment Sales Market for Retail Shows No Sign of Improvement
Sep 15, 2009 11:43 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Those in the retail real estate industry who hoped the second half of 2009 would bring the long-awaited rush of investment sales transactions are likely to be disappointed...
Taubman Gives Up on the Piers
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Regional mall REIT Taubman Centers is opting to take a writedown and may relinquish control of the Pier Shops at Caesars in Atlantic City to its lender....
PROJECTS & PEOPLE
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Larken Associates will renovate Echo Plaza Shopping Center, a 66,000-sq.-ft. retail complex in Springfield, N.J. The project will include a new exterior...
Ramco-Gershenson Opts To Stand Alone; Continues Push to Deleverage
Sep 9, 2009 2:57 PM, by David Bodamer
In the latest development in an eventful year for Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Ramco Gershenson Properties Trust, after completing its review of potential strategic and financial alternatives, the firm is opting to remain a stand-alone entity...
OPENING: THE SHOPPES AT FOX RIVER
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Location: Waukesha, Wis. Developer: Opus North Corp. Size: 500,000 sq. ft. Buzz: September marked the opening of Phase I, including anchor tenants Target...
An Isolated Occurrence
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
An early August ruling in the General Growth Properties bankruptcy case has rattled lenders as some fear it might make it easier for real estate owners...
New IRS Regulations Might Contain CMBS Defaults, but Won't End the Commercial Real Estate Crisis
Sep 22, 2009 3:36 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
As property owners holding commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) funded loans have attempted to address financing concerns over the past 12 months, many have complained of the impossibility of getting special servicers on the phone....
BUSINESS DEALS
Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM
Glimcher Realty trust entered into an agreement to sell its Lloyd Center regional mall in Portland, Ore. to Merlone Geier Partners IX LP. Merlone will...
Features
Retailers Must Adapt as Baby Boomers and Gen Y-ers Alter Their Shopping Patterns
Oct 6, 2009 11:19 AM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
It doesn't seem that long ago that Abercrombie & Fitch was the hottest apparel retailer around. In the past decade it trotted out three new concepts—Hollister Co., Gilly Hicks and RUEHL No.925 to great fanfare each time...
Swelling Enrollment Turns Schools into Welcome Retail Tenants in the Southeast
Sep 29, 2009 11:49 AM, By Mike Janssen
It’s not just kids who are going back to school this fall. With the unemployment rate spiking, adults have increasingly returned to the classroom to make the most of downtime...
Retailers Look to Fill Vacancies in Chicago’s Loop and Affluent Shopping Districts
Sep 22, 2009 3:41 PM, By Jennifer Popovec
It's time to move back to the city. That's the conclusion that many national and local retailers seem to be drawing about Chicago...
Management Office
How the Downturn Alters the Retail Site Selection Process (8/19)
Aug 19, 2009 3:10 PM
Even as retailers cut back on new store growth, many are still looking to either expand in an existing market or open in a new one at some point in the next year...
Forced to Count Every Dollar, Retailers Re-evaluate Site Selection Practices
Sep 15, 2009 6:03 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Amid all the not-so-great news reported during the dog days of summer—weak back-to-school sales, falling rental rates—there were signs the retail industry might be coming out of hibernation...
How the Downturn Alters the Retail Site Selection Process (8/19)
Aug 19, 2009 3:10 PM
Even as retailers cut back on new store growth, many are still looking to either expand in an existing market or open in a new one at some point in the next year...
