Has this been done before? UrbanLand reports that the world's biggest retailer has opened an 80,000-sq.-ft. store on the ground level of a four-story, 303-unit apartment building at 77 H Street in downtown Washington. The property also...
How much of a threat does a costume party pose to a mall? Apparently, it’s code red-worthy, if a recent incident at Westfield Plaza Camino Real is any indication.
BoingBoing.net reports that the mall’s cops evicted a group of steampunk cosplayer...
Wal-Mart has announced it was upping the number of small store openings this year, to 270-300, according to Supermarket News. The company previously planned to open 120 to 150 Walmart Neighborhood Market and Walmart Express locations...
The wedding is on between the U.S.' largest jewelery chain Signet and Zale Corp., according to a report from Dallas News. Signet, which operates Kay Jewelers and Jared, agreed to buy Zale's in a deal valued at $1.4 billion...
The mall food court has come a long way in the past decade or two. Just compare this recent project at Yorkdale Shooping Centre, which won our 2013 SAID Award for best adaptive reuse of a big-box space, with this gallery of empty food courts at...
J.C. Penney may be about to make a nifty profit, but it's not going to be tied to its retail sales. In another example of how real estate holdings can sometimes be of more value than a retailer's operating business, the department store...
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital has exited its investment in regional mall REIT GGP, according to Bloomberg. The hedge fund, which invested in the REIT's restructuring while it was going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, sold 28 million...
Just a few days after we discussed the potential wave of mergers and acquisitions in the REIT space with American Realty Capital CEO Nicholas Schorsch, news emerged that shopping center REIT Kite Realty Group struck a deal to buy Inland...
In a move that should resolve a decade-long development battle, Simon Property Group bought a 39-acre land site in Syosset from rival Taubman Centers, Bloomberg reports. The sale was part of two transactions, including Simon's purchase of...
Popular fast casual chain Smashburger is exploring its options, including the possibility of a buyout or an IPO, according to Nation's Restaurant News. The company recently hired North Point Advisors and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to look...
