Doron Valero, president of Equity One Inc., knew he had a problem. Two shopping centers in his portfolio were losing Kmarts while Winn-Dixie was pulling out of two others, leaving 50,000-square-foot gaps at each...
“Pop-up,” or temporary stores, are there to just generate market buzz for a new product or a new line, right? Well, Kevin Appelbaum, managing partner for consulting firm Hawk Hill Advisors believes they have another...
Downtown Buffalo is desperate. The city, once among the largest and most economically powerful in the nation, has been in a 50-year decline. Part of the infamous Rust Belt, Buffalo's steel mills and grain elevators...
On a recent visit to Hong Kong's Times Square with my family, they had no idea it was a vertical mall until I told them. My parents and sister had been on the two basement levels for an hour before I mentioned there...
In what is the largest shopping center portfolio purchase ever, Macquarie Countrywide Trust, an Australian limited property trust, and frequent joint venture partner, Regency Centers, in February announced the...
Las Vegas' transformation from remote gambling town to the fastest growing metropolis in the nation has caused a number of depressed communities across the country to consider gambling to revitalize their cities...
Santana Row was one of the most ambitious mixed-use projects to hit the drawing boards in the late 1990s. Federal Realty Investment Trust, the loudest advocate for multiple-use developments, bet heavily on the $455...
With retail overload in the domestic market and fierce competition for high quality sites, U.S. retailers and developers increasingly are looking international for growth opportunities. Their first stop is usually not...
The Thanksgiving weekend started with a bang, and ended with a whimper. Black Friday was hot, with a 10.8 percent increase in sales to about $8 billion, according to the National Retail Federation. But Saturday was...
