It started in the south with Rich's-Macy's. Now, Federated Department Stores is converting all of its regional brands to the Macy's moniker from coast to coast. Last Thursday, the chain announced its Burdines, The Bon...
Neighborhood center owners in California are wrestling with an increasingly volatile issue-ADA compliance. According to several California developers, codes are constantly morphing, to the point that a center that is...
Consolidation is the hot topic at ICSC’s Spring Convention today. Several large companies are missing from the show floor, having been gobbled up by larger competitors. And everyone is waiting for the other shoe to...
A 120-acre greenfield site that is ripe for super-regional mall development is a rarity, especially in a trade area that's expected to grow to 500,000 by 2005. But Taubman Centers found one in the northern suburbs of...
Owners of suburban Chicago neighborhood centers are pondering the fate of an important tenant — grocery chain Dominick's. Bought by Safeway in 1998, the chain's 113 Chicago-area stores account for $2.3 billion in...
Standing at the corner of Market and 5th in downtown San Francisco, it's easy to see why Forest City and Westfield are excited about their new partnership. The area is jumping with consumer activity. Asian tourists...
Federated Department Stores is deep-sixing its Macy's stores in the Deep South, in the face of Macy's losing battle for brand loyalty against regional sister chain Rich's. The Cincinnati-based conglomerate is closing...
“I'm taking this job on with mixed emotions,” says Pat Donahue from his cell phone during a visit to several of Donahue Schriber's properties in southern California...
Express package giant UPS is encouraging its 3,300 Mail Boxes Etc. franchisees to convert to a new format — The UPS Store. UPS acquired the franchise-driven chain in 2001, and began conducting pricing and branding...
For seven frustrating years, Forest City California sat on one of the most attractive properties in urban retail real estate — the historic Emporium department store building on San Francisco's Union Square. The plan...
