With one week to go before Simon Property Group's deadline to make a takeover offer for Capital Shopping Centres Group Plc, there is a new twist in the story. Yesterday afternoon, shopping center REIT Equity One announced the closing of an...

Because of the holidays and the crippling blizzard last week, there's not a ton to catch up on in the retail real estate world. The period between Christmas and this past weekend was a quiet one for the industry. ...

PROMO editor at large Brian Quinton had some interesting observations this morning about Mall of America's Twitter strategy. ...

Here's a pleasant thought to take with you into 2011--in spite of sluggish pace of economic growth, Americans' penchant for shopping is back and in robust health. The New York Times reports that, according to preliminary figures, retail spending...

It looks like Xanadu Meadowlands, North Jersey's ill-fated retail/entertainment complex has finally found the right developer. Over the weekend, Triple Five Group, the owners of the Mall of America, signed a letter of intent with Xanadu's lenders...

It seems some of the biggest retail real estate stories these days are coming from overseas. In the latest development in Simon Property Group's courtship of Capital Shopping Centres, U.K. regulators have given Simon a deadline of January 12 to...

As many people had expected, the commercial real estate industry is showing increasing signs of health in the wake of GGP's successful reorganization. The CoStar Group reports that in November, investors raised $13.2 billion in funds for...

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We seem to be finally getting to a point where store opening announcements outnumber announcements of closings and liquidations. Family Dollar has revealed it plans to double its annual store growth to 300 locations. Japanese apparel retailer...