Management Office
Projects & People
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Brody Co., Inc. and Zimmer Development Co. will develop Mayfaire Town Center, a $200 million, 400-acre, mixed-use project in Wilmington, N.C. Ernst &...
Management: Brokers
Clouds on the Coast
Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Riccardo A. Davis
Retail real estate executives are generally an optimistic bunch. Up until now, many have been holding on to a view that the industry had seen the worst...
Brokers Search the Depths
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
Has the slowdown in retail real estate sales hit bottom? Not yet, say wavering observers who predict that won't occur until the second quarter of 2009...
Management: Buyers Guide
Guide to Retail Real Estate Products & Services 2007
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM
PROFILE Cooley Sign & Awning Products Cooley Sign & Awning Products 50 Esten AvenuePawtucket, RI 02860 Phone: 401.724.9000, 800.992.0072 Fax: 401.726.8799...
SiteScapes Inc.
Jun 1, 2006 3:15 PM
Management: Case Study
Tailor-Made
Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Riccardo A. Davis
As retailers struggle and post lackluster sales results, one of the most important things a shopping center owner or manager can do for its tenants is...
A Personal Shopper
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By John Egan
At the intersection of Cornwell Drive and Maple Avenue in the southern New Jersey town of Bridgeton...
Management: Editor's Letter
Looking Back, Looking Forward (12/30)
Dec 30, 2008 12:06 PM
The final numbers aren’t yet in, but there’s little doubt that 2008 was the worst holiday shopping season in a generation, marking an ignoble finish to a dismal year for retail. ...
Editor's Letter: Looking for a Retail Hero
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Bodamer, Editor-in-Chief
It seems like not a day goes by without one retailer or another announcing that it is closing stores, declaring bankruptcy or opting to liquidate. In...
Management: Experts
Expert Q&A: A Slow Recovery
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Bob Bach, Senior vice President and Chief Economist for Grubb & Ellis
Grubb & Ellis' chief economist Bob Bach spoke last month at the company's 2009 forecast preview. Bach, who says there is no question we are now in a recession,...
Bleak Outlook for 2009 . . .and 2010
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By David Bodamer
Hoping for a quick turnaround in the retail real estate sector? Don't bet on it. That's at least the opinion of more than 700 commercial real estate experts...
Management: Leasing
Circuit City’s Failed Auction Indicates Developing Excess Space Glut (12/23)
Dec 23, 2008 11:15 AM
Circuit City’s decision last week to cancel a planned auction of 154 leases due to lack of bidders could be another troublesome milestone for the rapidly deteriorating retail real estate industry....
Industry Settles in for Long Haul at ICSC New York Show (12/10)
Dec 10, 2008 12:01 PM
The mood at this week’s annual ICSC New York National Conference and Dealmaking was one of overwhelming caution....
Management: People
New York City’s Cooling Market (12/2)
Dec 2, 2008 10:56 AM
The National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared on Monday what most pros in the retail real estate industry had already come to accept—that the United States economy has dipped into a recession. ...
Kimco Shuffles Management
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Kimco Realty Corp., one of the largest retail REITs in the country, is making some tweaks to its management structure. Kimco...
Management: Property Management
Restaurants Battle for Customers
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Hortense Leon
Restaurants hit particularly hard by the economic slowdown are promoting reduced price menus to drive traffic and reel in struggling consumers. In a similar...
Christmas in July II
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
It's 60 degrees outside, the leaves haven't begun to change color and most of us haven't had a chance to put away summer clothes, but that hasn't stopped...
Management: Security
After Dark
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
What happened this summer at the Metrocenter Mall, in Jackson, Miss., was one of the worst nightmares for the center's property manager, Boise, Id.-based...
On High Alert
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
In December, mall security returned to the spotlight when a suicidal teen entered the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Neb., killing eight people and wounding...
Management: Technology
All the Right Moves
Oct 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Apparel giant Gap Inc.'s decision this summer to close some stores and downsize others was no surprise to retail analysts. After all, San Francisco-based...
In Your Face
Aug 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Elaine Misonzhnik
They started as a way for college students to connect with their peers without getting off the couch, but today social networking sites are gaining momentum...
Management: Green
Gearing Up for President Obama
Dec 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Mike Janssen
Voters across the country celebrated Barack Obama's historic electoral victory pouring on to the streets in spontaneous celebrations as America elected...
Taking the LEED
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Few design and construction professionals will quibble with the notion that U.S. retail operators have largely eschewed green design techniques. To date,...
Brownfield Bet
Nov 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Even as the U.S. struggles through a severe housing slump, a weak economy and a financial crisis, LNR Property Corp.'s Commercial Property Group and Hopkins...
