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Home Body
Oct 01, 2008
The high gas prices grabbing U.S. headlines amount to yet another pressure on cash-strapped Americans in already tight financial times — which gives retailers even more reason to worry. In many places, higher gas...
Life Preservers
Sep 01, 2008
There's nothing like a crisis to bring people together...
Small Center Transformations
Small Center Transformations
Aug 01, 2008
The soft real estate market has made investors and lenders wary of backing high-risk ground-up developments. Redevelopments, however, remain in vogue. Entitlements are secured. Buildings and parking lots are in place...
What Would the Community Think?
May 01, 2008
Throughout his 35 years as a developer, Robert Stark has masterminded neighborhood shopping centers of various sizes. But the president of Cleveland-based Stark Enterprises has shifted the rudder at his firm. From now...
Subprime Spillover
May 01, 2008
Out of necessity, much of the national media's coverage of the country's deepening foreclosure crisis takes a big-picture view, focusing on broad economic trends, maneuvering on Wall Street and the federal government...
Corporate Sponsorship
Mar 01, 2008
Developing new mixed-use centers is suddenly looking a lot riskier. The weakening economy combined with the tanking housing sector and a crippled debt market mean that if you want to build, you've got to be sure the...
Foreign Intrigue
Jan 01, 2008
Investors and analysts may find little reason to cheer about the weak U.S. dollar, but the currency's weakness means big gains for shopping centers and the international tourists flooding their stores...
Creating a Big Bang
Creating a Big Bang
Nov 01, 2007
Fake snow is falling, harried shoppers are gobbling granola bars on the go and Santa and Mrs. Claus are already alight at malls, creating a blizzard of seasonal hoopla...
Clean Campaign
Clean Campaign
Oct 01, 2007
Perhaps it is a sign that retail real estate has become a mature industry...
On Capitol Hill
On Capitol Hill
Sep 01, 2007
Although the tremors in the credit markets mean that a lot of attention is being paid to what happens on Wall Street, the shopping center industry also has some developments to keep tabs on inside the Beltway. Indus...
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