Today news emerged that the Gores Group, a private equity firm, might be looking to buy as many as half of Borders' remaining stores out of bankruptcy, according to The Wall Street Journal. When the chain first filed for Chapter 11, many retail...
This year is bringing a spate of senior management changes at large retail real estate firms. After Charles Ratner has ...
Australian mall giant Westfield Group has plans to dispose of about $1.2 billion in U.S. mall properties, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, following in the footsteps of peers General Growth Properties and Simon Property Group. ...
This morning, I posted a series of takeaways to our Twitter feed--a stream of consciousness of sorts recounting some of the major themes I heard in meetings and other conversations at the ICSC RECon show that took place in Las Vegas from Sunday...
Private equity started looking at retail chains last year, but it seems activity on that front is really heating up now that the retail industry is showing increasing signs of health. ...